Biden is now President-elect – Necessary action after the speech

By Nathan Hammah

It is not a popular position but, in my opinion, the election in 2016 of Donald Trump as president of the United States, was one the best modern examples of American democracy that has taken place – and so has been his defeat.

It must be said that the United States fell in love with a conman and the reasons for that can be explored at another time.

What Trump represented with his win was not only the need to change the electoral college mess that hinders true democracy in the United States but that an outsider can win. Trump is an inarticulate, openly bigoted, classless, alleged failed business man with no career political validation. A bull in the proverbial and metaphorical China shop. President Trump’s appeal was the swagger of the bully who came to bully the classist bullies. He noticed a voiceless people that he could appeal to and did so, and they voted for him passionately at the initial dismay of the Republican Party.

So how did a billionaire convince poor white America that he was the one to rally behind?

Donald Trump first spoke against the extreme left wing of the country that became bullies themselves in projecting their views and de-legitimizing any opposing views; he openly and dramatically embraced racist and bigoted ideas by making racist comments publicly (not behind closed doors like many other politicians do). He put civility aside to make political promises that aligned with his racist ideology and then began a barter system with the political party in America that is known to be the house of closeted racists. This is how an openly democratic, socialite from one of the most left leaning cities in America that used to try his best to party and associate himself with rappers and actors became the most conservative and openly racist leader of America in modern times.

But this article is less about Trump and more about the power that brought him to power and the lesson from it.

The United States is a democracy – sort of. The complacency and disenfranchisement that was necessary to make way for a Trump came from an institutional political dance where a cycle of Presidency was being entertained between two American royal families with the connections and cash to win.

President Obama himself ascended and broke the cycle of the Bush and then Clinton, and then Bush and then Clinton again, apparently planned dominance of these two families.
For many reasons, not least of which was the resentment of a polished and world renowned Black and African African American President (No that is not a typo) fulfilling two consecutive terms. Obama angered and emboldened the right wing political members in America. He showed that voters can be rallied against the inherited and chosen predecessor. Still President Barack Obama was and is a great politician – not without his flaws.
A highly educated man, who is charismatic, a great orator, who had the winds of historic change propelling him forward, where Trump is the antithesis of that.

Americans did not want to see the very tarnished Clinton brand at the helm so soon again and none of the Republicans on offer were compelling. The true, voter supported Democratic candidate, Bernie Sanders, had been cheated out of position by the candidate the DNC demanded voters support – it is note worthy to state that this has happened again in 2020.
The Flint, Michigan water crisis and issues like that caused voter fatigue amongst the Black and Brown communities as votes were not translating into the desired change that was expected. Here is where the lesson lays.

Once again the African American community came out and saved the Democratic nominee, the President-elect Joe Biden said so himself. Voters now are weary and admittedly many have stated their support for Biden was a choice between the lesser of two evils. That being said, many prominent voices in the Black community are dissatisfied with the past lack of delivery on promises made and have been warning that this time is different and that the promises made to secure the support of the Black vote for the Biden/Harris ticket must be kept.

Usually I am not moved by these Jessie Jackson-esque sentiments but things have changed. Voters have shown their willingness to mobilize and vote or not vote. In addition, Trump has shown a winning example that may usher in a more refined candidate with the same goals that may not fail where Trump did. The racists are out of the closet, the protesters are out on the street and every voter in between and all are now aware of the power of their votes and how to use them to ascend to power. Those who voted in favor of the President-elect now need to be compensated for their work and for their past suffrage if either party wishes to retain their votes.

Nathan Hammah is the founder of Aukiss Media – which includes the Aukiss Magazine and Aukiss TV.