By Nick DePeri
I was never into politics until I was at an age where I could truly understand them. I do, however, remember different presidents being elected and the disdain in my family’s eyes when Barack Obama was elected to two terms.
On the contrary, my family is one with an open mind and an optimistic spirit, so instead of publicizing our disagreement with the decisions made by the American people, we lived our lives as normal. Then came the age when I was 15 and truly started to understand and get into politics.
Once I finally reached this age, I was following the Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton election like no other. As a younger boy I was ecstatic for Trump to win, although I could never figure out if it was because I really liked him, or I was just relieved that Hillary Clinton did not win. Was Trump a perfect human? No. Did I agree with most of the things he did in office? Yes.
This year’s 2020 election in my eyes was a sham, a farce, a mockery, and an embarrassment to the American culture and democracy. The social media involvement, the twisting and turning, the scandal, the Twitter wars, and the protests. I was sitting back in my apartment watching the news and just remember feeling ashamed; embarrassed, even, that other countries had to witness the great United States of America in such an uncontrollable wildfire.
This year’s election, much like the one in 2016, I watched like a hawk as the polls bounced up and down and states flipped and switched like nobody’s business.
The day I woke up and found out that Joe Biden had won, I was shocked and disappointed. I was scared and uncertain as to what my future would look like. Not because I am a raging right-winged voter, but because I followed the election and personally do not trust Biden or agree with what he wants to pursue in office.
I sat there wondering how the next four years would play out. I came up with one crucially important fact of the matter. The election is over, Joe Biden won the Presidential election, and he is now my President and I will support that. Not because I like him or agree with him, but because I am an American. And I’ll be damned before I let my own political views get in the way of me living my own life or being proud of my country and our leaders.
America has a new President, he may not be loved by all or even me, but he is my and our President.
