I’m a Republican . I’m a woman. I’m twenty years old so according to society, I’m a millennial. And I voted for Donald Trump in 2016. Before you are quick to judge and label me as someone I am not, understand what I voted for. I voted for the millions of babies who will never get the chance to vote, I voted because guns keep us safe, I voted because police put their life on the line for our country each and every day and our society can’t seem to given them basic respect. I am proud of what I voted for.

As a conservative woman, I never intended on stumbling upon the march during a day in New York City, but that's just what happened. I was on Sixth Ave when I heard what sounded like howling. My curiosity led me a block away to find hundreds of thousands of people marching down Fifth Ave.

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The march left me in shock. We stood for an hour to watch all the protestors walk by with their signs and Tshirts advocating for their views. I was witnessing history. Fifth Avenue was packed for blocks with hundreds of thousands of people coming out to protest an American election. Mothers, fathers, daughters, sons. There were so many people representing so many different causes.

There were two things at the march that angered me, and it wasn’t a certain stance that was taken or a chant I didn’t like. Liberals are quick to judge young Republicans by saying that we “are only Republicans because our parents are Republicans,” which in so many cases is just simply untrue. Political views are personal views and should be determined based on an individual’s beliefs. This idea, praised by liberals, was utterly destroyed at the march when I watched countless toddlers marching holding signs reading “I don’t like Donald Trump”, “Not My President” and “I don't want to grow up under Trump.” These parents aren’t even giving their children a chance to grow up and formulate opinions and ideas of their own. They are raising their children to hate and disrespect the President of the United States without question, and are pushing their own viewpoints on their children who haven’t developed or experienced enough yet to make their own decision. I was floored that these parents weren’t giving their children a chance. Unfortunately, these children will grow up without the opportunity to think for themselves. We are creating an uneducated generation. How about that for the future of our country.

As I’ve stated multiple times, I didn’t agree with any stance, any idea, any sign any of the protestors had. I knew that going into this. But the one sign that I kept seeing everywhere that angered me more than anything was the phrase that has become all too common “Not My President.” The fact is: he is your president. If you are an American citizen, he is your president. You may not like Trump, you may not have voted for him, but you do have to respect and accept the fact that enough people in the United States did vote for Donald Trump to represent them. It is simply incorrect to say that Donald Trump is not your president because you don’t agree with him on policies, ideology or morals. What makes America the greatest country in the world is that we can have an election where different views are expressed by candidates, but then have a peaceful transfer of power and a term of prosperity out of it. Remember that just because Donald Trump doesn’t share your views doesn’t mean he doesn’t share the views of so many other Americans. Barack Obama never once advocated for something I believed in, but I respected him and the high office of the presidency because if he failed, my country would fail, too.

I was not proud of the march. I was not proud to see women and men advocating to allow murder of innocent babies, I was not proud to see American citizens question the legitimacy of an American election, I was not proud to see women walking naked around New York City asking for "human rights" as if women in America share the same kind of oppression women in third world countries face on a daily basis. However, I was proud to be an American citizen on January 20 when I got to see a Republican inaugurated. I was proud that my beliefs were finally on the center stage, and I was proud to know that America will be better than it was yesterday. Donald Trump is not perfect. He is also not a politician. That is why so many people in this country voted for him -- and to expect him to act like one is unrealistic, and that pains me, too. But, we must accept these results and support our president and our country.

I'm not asking for silence, I'm not asking for Democrats to give up on what they believe in, but I am asking for all Americans to put aside their hate and use effective measures to work with our leaders to create change. Our Founding Fathers did not create a government that has lasted over 200 years for it to fall apart because half of the country is upset their candidate didn't win. We are better than this, America.