We didn’t elect Joe Biden to be our savior
During Election hell week, I was scrolling through Twitter and came upon someone asking “how is Biden leading? There weren’t any rallies for him.” The same person then asked, “why doesn’t he have as many followers as Trump. Surely it must be a scam that he’s getting so many votes.”
Here’s what you need to know. Joe Biden is not our savior. We don’t put flags on our vehicles, buy expensive merchandise that’s made in China, and sing his praises. You wanna know why? Because the President is not a celebrity. He is a public servant. We elected him to serve us which means he gets no special treatment — that means no rallies. You are not supposed to worship a servant. You’re supposed to hope he or she cares more about the country than they care about themselves. We also don’t care how many followers he has. We didn’t elect him based on his Twitter clout and in case you didn’t know, not all voters have a Twitter account, or follow politicians on Twitter, and do you really expect everyone in this country to have a Twitter account and follow their candidate? I mean, really? Did you really ask that question?
We put forth the same energy you did when you elected Donald Trump as your president in 2016. You voted for someone whose sole agenda was to undermine and undo every policy set forth by Barack Obama. You voted for a celebrity fueled with hate, you let your party nominate him to the most powerful position, and you watched with joy as he tore the country apart, emboldened racism and bigotry, and gave strength to white supremacy. Now that it’s all over, you’re scared. You can’t be you anymore — at least not in an outward public setting. Your dictator’s reign is now over.
Joe Biden, as our new president-elect, will face the same criticism as Donald Trump did. I will complain and disagree if he doesn’t hold up to promises he pledged during his campaign run. Why? Because I exercised my right to vote for him and hold him accountable. To me, he is not beyond criticism. I will not blindly cheer him on if he steps out of line, something that I wish you had done when Trump oppressed people of color, attacked women, mocked the disabled, and countless other transgressions. I’m also acknowledging that he’s being put in a terrible position because the world is a barrel of snakes. The Senate majority is Republican and he has a tough road ahead. I’m also not gullible enough to believe that we will heal this nation as soon as he takes office. Racism is rooted deep in our core; that much was proven when he wasn’t elected by a landslide so he will have opposition from the Trump train diehards for the entirety of his term.
He will hurt a lot of people along the way once he sets foot in office but sometimes doing the right thing means you’re making some difficult choices that are beyond you. There are no good choices or bad when you’re working to undo four years of chaos. I don’t envy his position.
We have a long road ahead but together, we breathe a collective sigh of relief and keep faith that order will be restored soon. In the future, ask yourself how we got here. How we got to a place where we got cozy with having a dictator in office, whose actions we didn’t question or condemn — that is not freedom; that is oppression and drinking the kool-aid.
