“You have to treat them like shit.” *
“We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace
And the norms and notions
of what just is
Isn’t always just-ice.” **
“Laziness is a trait of blacks. It really is. I believe that.”
“We the successors of a country and a time
Where a skinny Black girl
descended from slaves and raised by a single mother
can dream of becoming president
only to find herself reciting for one”
“[Vice President Pence] didn’t have the courage yo do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution.”
“We are striving to forge a union with purpose
To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and
conditions of man
And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us
but what stands before us”
“Crooked Hillary. Mini Mike Bloomberg. Crazy Bernie. Pocahontas. Cryin’ Chuck Schumer. Dope Frank Bruni. Alfred E. Newman (Pete Buttigieg). Sleepy Joe Biden.
“We close the divide because we know, to put our future first,
we must first put our differences aside
We lay down our arms
so we can reach out our arms
to one another
We seek harm to none and harmony for all”
“Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about election results. All talk, talk, talk – no actions or results.”
“That is the promise to glade
The hill we climb
If only we dare
It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit,
it’s the past we step into
and how we repair it”
“The point is you can never be too greedy.”
“When day comes we step out of the shade,
aflame and unafraid
The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it
If only we’re brave enough to be it”
WORDS MATTER.
*All words in regular type are words written or spoken by Donald Trump
**All words in italics are from the poem The Hill We Climb written by Amanda Gorman and read at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.