The American people have chosen to reject democracy. In its place, they have decided to accept fascism as our national political direction. Hitler is alive and well, and has become the victor in an eventual WWIII.

The nation founded by our forefathers lasted for 240 years, and died on November 8^th, 2016. White supremacy and bigotry have defeated the dreams of Jefferson. Washington, Madison, and Franklin.

A man who is filled with hatred and a dismissal of the American dream will now be allowed to soil the White House sheets. He has demonstratively admitted that he will not represent the American people. He is an advocate of white supremacy, and a supporter of the one-percent.

I will continue to support the American people who believe in the nation of our founding fathers. We will not accept white supremacy, treating women as sexual servants, or the acceptance of one religion as the dominating force in our nation’s governing body. I will be a force which denies the dominance of government over its people. I will be a part of the revolution.

I will support our Constitution and deny the authority of our president who will never be respected by me and true Americans.

The election of Donald Trump is a surrender to the nations of the world who oppose us. Vladimir Putin, ISIS, and Iran will succeed in their attempts to destroy our nation. Most importantly our people have decided that democracy and dominance by males in our society dictate our nation’s future, and the future of the world.

I have always been an optimist. But I truly believe that if our American people chose to elect a white supremacist, and a man who denies the Constitutional rights of the American people to become the elected president of our nation, I am ashamed to be a citizen or my country. I loved my nation, but now deny the validity of my leaders and will never accept the symbolism of our flag which no longer supports our nation’s government and its people. I am a believer in the principles of our founding fathers, and not the ambitions of men who seeks personal gain and power while denying the rights of the majority.

I no longer accept the government of the United States as my government. I will never accept a white supremacist as the leader of my nation. I refuse to allow a sexual predator to claim that he is qualified to be the leader of a country which once professed that it believed in equality and human rights. A man who has admitted that he bribed public officials to acquire land for his construction ventures, and has stolen from his own charitable foundation for personal edification cannot be allowed to be the President of the United States; and yet the American people have chosen him to represent our nation.

If this is the America of the 21^st century, I denounce my citizenship. Our nation’s people have voted to return to the dark days of the mid 20^th century.

Millions of women have told their daughters that it is acceptable to be treated as objects. They must allow men of power and influence to use them in any manner chosen by dominant men.

There will be no ‘wall,’ but there will be a nuclear war, and the planet will lose as environmental laws are repealed.

The media, and Vladimir Putin, with the assistance of James Comey, have won their election. They managed to defeat a patriot and in her place elected a fascist. His supporters and staff represent the new America, and it is ugly and replaces the nation founded by men of courage and integrity.

Donald Trump is an opportunist, and the dregs of the American people have given him his ten minutes of fame.

The problem for Trump, and the resulting disaster for our nation, is that he has no knowledge of how to govern our country. He has never worked a day in his life. The working class, minorities, and women will all suffer under his autocratic rule.

The ‘dream’ lasted for 240 years; it ended on a night in November of 2016.

The leader of the free world is a white supremacist, a bigot, and a sexual predator. His vice-president is a religious extremist who believes in a form of therapy which will force homosexuals to become heterosexuals. His primary supporters are failed politicians who are criminals and philanderers. This is the new United States of America.

Those of you who voted for Trump have decided that you hate the nation of our forefathers. You decided that equality, justice, and freedom for all is no longer acceptable. I denounce you, and I will never accept a president who is as unqualified as Donald Trump.

Today I refuse any loyalty to my former nation. I am ashamed to be a citizen of a country led by a man whose primary beliefs are prejudice and hate.

When the revolution comes; and it will; I will be standing with the majority and it will be bloody.

You; the voters who chose to end the dream; have placed our nation in jeopardy. You; the hypocritical Republicans who supported Trump; now have all the power you sought to move our nation from an oligarchy to a plutocracy led by a fascist not seen since 1939.

If I sound angry; I am. Millions of ignorant Americans elected a buffoon last night, and I am ashamed to live in a country where a man who rejects the Constitution and has committed crimes worthy of imprisonment will be sworn in as our 45^th president. This is a sad day for a once great nation.

The United States will forever be divided; it cannot be healed. I will never accept a Trump presidency because I remain loyal to the principles of our founding fathers.

Vladimir Putin is celebrating today, as are Iran and ISIS. They have witnessed “death to America.” We are no longer the ‘land of the free and the home of the brave.’ Our nation’s leader is a white supremacist, a draft dodger, a homophobe, an Islamophobe, a sexual predator, and an egomaniac. Thank you, my fellow Americans, for destroying my country.

Op-Ed

By James Turnage

Photo courtesy of R. Crap Mariner

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