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2016: The Year That Changes Everything

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2016: The Year That Changes Everything

On November 8, 2016 America spoke.

Now that Donald J. Trump is the 2016 President elect, many things will be changing.

Not only does Trump have the former Indiana Governor, Mike Pence, as is Vice President, but Trump also has a republican congress. Therefore, the courts will be in his favor.

The last time that Congress was all republican with a republican president was the election of 1928. A year later, the Great Depression began - history repeats itself. We can only expect the worst.

Since Trump is set to be the next American president, many people are fearful for their lives and rights.

Trump has one of the most right wing people by his side, Mike Pence.

Pence, the former governor for Indiana, believes that the LGBT+ community can be ‘cured’ by electroshock therapy. In layman’s terms, Pence believes people who are subject to this kind of "therapy" would be electrocuted until people of the LGBT+ community are straight or ‘normal.’

Pence also believes women have no rights to their body. And with Trump believing he has rights to women and their bodies without asking, being a woman in America is becoming more and more dangerous. With these two misogynists in office, women may as well leave the country.

In the mere days since Trump's election, there has been an enormous spike in hate crimes and people believing that someone is less than them.

There have been people beaten because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., Is this the next president America really needs? Nothing feels safe anymore. Nothing seems right.

How is it possible for America to choose someone who is racist, sexist, homophobic, a rapist, and down right crazy to lead America and deal with many of the world's most pressing issues?

Americans have failed the country by choosing the man who is all of the things mentioned above. They knew he was one of the worst people to put in office.

They just didn't care. The people who voted for Trump may believe they are doing the right thing, and that is fine, for them. But, as someone who has seen what happens to minorities and someone who is an ally of these minorities, I am terrified of Trump's America, and you should be too.

In other words, you're no longer safe in America unless you are a straight white male.

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