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#IVOTED, And It Didn't Matter

How I'm taking this presidential loss.

Hannah Allen
Nov 09, 2016
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Charismatic, caring, determined, humane. These are some words that I would use to describe our president, Barack Obama.

Sexist, cruel, misogynistic, racist, hateful, pompous. These are the words I would use to describe our next president, Donald Trump.

The day of the election, I was on the phone with my mom as she was urging me to drive to the polls and exercise my right to vote.

The day of the election, I joked with my fraternity brothers about who would win saying, "Let's be real, there's no way Donald Trump is winning over this country".

The day of the election, I enjoyed my rights living in a country with a loving, righteous leader as president.

The day of the election, my heart broke.

As a LGBTQ+ woman, I am about to see my rights slowly wither away. We, as Americans, voted into office a dynamic duo of cruel-hearted men who want to strip my rights away. Mike Pence believes in CONVERSION THERAPY. This is the barbaric practice of trying to electrocute the gay out of teens. (WTF?!?!?!?!)! We have literally sprung back years in terms of progress for LGBTQ+ Americans, not to mention Latinos, Native Americans, Blacks, Women, Muslims and lower class people.

The results of this election are what is going to push me through law school into a full time job of kicking ass for human rights. I swear on my life I will continue to fight for human rights until this inhumane pig is out of office.

I voted, and it didn't matter. Hatred has won this election.

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