By Michelle Carr
Since the occupier of the White House was elected in 2016, I have:
- (within days) Had to address a four year old bullying an autistic boy of color in preschool.
- seen the increase of hate crimes and bullying in my community, the state and country.
- been harassed and bullied online for my views
- witnessed female candidates being harassed and bullied online for daring to run against a man.
- witnessed a female candidate repeatedly harassed online because her religion was not Christianity.
- had my daughter come home upset because she was told she was bad/ stupid for not liking Trump, a man who has mocked those like her.
- seen people spew hate towards a Festival full of love and acceptance that gave those I hold dear strength to be who they are.
- had sleepless nights worrying that those I love will lose their equality.
- had sleepless nights worrying about the safety of loved ones.
- had friends say that if they had been the law enforcement at a peaceful demonstration similar to what I, myself, had participated in, they would tear gas the people, zip tie their hands and get them out of there.
- had people tailgate, race around my car, and cut me off all while waving their MAGA hat at us. This succeeded in scaring my children. The response came from a “Trump Divides” Magnet on my car. (Literally proving the point)
- had many sleepless nights worrying about my loved ones with preexisting illnesses.
- had people treat my fact sharing as hysterics or my being over emotional, only to watch as the things I warned about came to pass.
- had my circle of friends slowly catch Covid around me until it reached my own home.
- had a friend pass away from COVID as his wife had to say goodbye through video chat.
- had my heart broken watching others mistreated and killed because of the color of their skin.
- had someone I know,who is a quadriplegic, tear gassed for being at a peaceful solidarity rally for BLM.
- had pressure to send my children to school as COVID numbers increased. Two weeks into attending one class, wearing his mask, my child catches it. This resulted in three of us being ill and quarantined for a month. Two months later my son and I still have breathing issues.
- my friends with Democratic signs in their front yard had someone shoot their front window.
- had a woman strut over displaying her firearm to my friends and myself as we prepared for a Democratic rally and ask us how we could vote for someone who is selling out our country as she held her Trump flag.
- seen our “leader” say Covid is over as tens of thousands of positive cases continue daily and over 220,000 people in the US have died.
These are just a few reasons I feel safer with Biden as President. A few reasons why I have given him my vote. Because it’s not just about me, it’s about those I love and even those I don’t know. Biden will be President for everyone not just the 30 percent that still support him. (He wouldn’t leave you stranded in an airport after bussing you in to feed his ego either.) If you feel safer under the occupier perhaps it’s because you THINK you haven’t had anything to lose under his leadership. Imagine what it’s like to have to worry everyday if your kids will make it home ok because of the color of their skin, or the person they love, how they worship or that their political beliefs somehow seem a threat to others?
Now imagine a country where that was lessened.
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