Today is November 9, 2016, yesterday was a historic Election Day.
The candidates were Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. The race was tight and all through the process everyone was dead set on Trump not being able to pull off a win for the presidency.
But he did.
He pulled off a feat that I am sure even he doubted could happen.
I was amazed how close the numbers were as the polls were closing. I rode the emotional roller coaster until sheer exhaustion drove me to sleep. At 3:30a.m. I woke up and checked my FB to see who won.
Donald Trump.
And then I sat there staring at the phone in my hand and ran the words over and over in my head. How had this come to pass?
I watched all the news shows during the last year, I heard them say it would be impossible. But he won in Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, and so many more. Many of those states had not voted Republican since the 80s.
Now what?
That is what I have been hearing and seeing on social media all day long.
I have heard the disgust and disbelief and hatred. I saw a few riots on television. For me, I am slightly relieved.
There are parts of the near future that I am trying hard not to fly into panic mode about.
I am concerned about health care. What will happen now that Obama is gone and everyone, even Hilary, wants to change or do away with.
I do not feel as a woman that I am threatened. I think that my Mexican-American husband will be okay, illegal immigrants? Wow, I have no idea.
I do feel like job security should improve, but I am not confident in Trump's ability to problem solve calmly and with tact. I do not like how he is a bully on social media. Will he continue to do this? And the ending result be war with offended countries?
Racism was already here. I have been around people who have called Obama every racist name in the book. I have never felt that way. In fact I always did like Michelle Obama. I thought she was classy. If she were to run for president, I would vote for her in a heart beat.
I do not feel that the people who voted for Trump were taking women back one hundred years. Yes, he is outlandish and so rude where women are concerned. But to be brutally honest, my Dad who is close to Trump's age often has the same attitude. No it is not okay, and no I don't want my daughter to be subjected to the demeaning words and actions of men. It is my responsibility as her mother to teach her that is not okay and to fight hard for her place in the world.
Overall, I think that the people were finally heard. They wanted change, change that Obama promised, but did not fully deliver on.
Kudos to Hilary for paving the way for another woman to run for president. I admire her for that. I am sure that soon we will have a Woman as president.
This is my own opinion
