“I’m just really terrified about what is happening in this country,” 22-year-old Adriana Rizzo told reporters at a Chicago protest while holding a sign reading: “Enjoy your rights while you can.”
On Twitter the hashtag #NotMyPresident was all the rage.
The only right answer to this is, of course, no, no, no, and no. One of the “rights” that Americans enjoy is free elections; marching because your side lost is protesting democracy itself. You “reject” the president-elect? How does that work? If Hillary had won, could Idaho conservatives reject her, too? Could they call for the spilling of blood — presumably your blood? Hashtag or no hashtag, he is your president.
But I’m not complaining. It’s nice to be needed if only to impart this one last lesson: Repeat after me: If you lose, even to someone you detest, shake their hand. President Obama did it. First lady Michelle Obama invited Melania Trump for tea in the White House — and never even mentioned Melania’s plagiarized convention speech. When others go low, this first lady really does take the high road.
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