January 6, 2021: A Day That Will Never Be Forgotten
A gut-wrenching day in history. When I don't know what else to do, I write. I woke up yesterday morning beaming with hope and excitement. I spent the last few months working with the Georgia campaigns for Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, and yesterday, that work paid off. I couldn't be more in awe of this historical partisan flip that has completely changed the dynamic after the last four years. But, just hours later, my excitement turned to deep disturbance, shock, and unparalleled disgust incited by our very own American President. While I have only lived a short 23 years on this earth, never in my time in politics did I think that I would experience this in my very own city, the national capital. American democracy was threatened. Public servants were threatened. The freedom that this nation was built upon was threatened. The saddest part of all of this is that these terrorists, and yes, they are terrorists not protestors, did not just up and riot on their own. Te...
