"The Election - 2024"

                                                                     Sydney M. Williams

We leave on our visit to three grandchildren later this morning, but I did want to make a comment about the race.

 

With both the New York Times and the Washington Post calling Trump the winner, I believe it is safe to say he prevailed in his bid.

 

It is not joy, or even satisfaction, that I feel this morning in Trump’s victory. It is a sense of relief that Harris did not. The greatest threat to our Republic and to the concept of democracy is a government that has too much control on and influence over our lives. Acting “in the greater good” are words that sound pleasing but suggest government is insinuating its way into our lives. The greatness of America has always been law-abiding people acting independently, with responsibility to their neighbors and communities, while being accountable for their actions. It is not government that has made us the most fortunate people on Earth.

 

Trump’s personal (and unattractive) idiosyncrasies will be kept in check by the office he inherits, by the machinery of government, and by the media. Progressive Democrats, had they won, would have managed the government unchecked. Eliminating the filibuster and the Electoral College would rip the heart out of the idea of a Republic. Adding to the Supreme Court, and giving Congress oversight, would upset the concept of separation of powers. Allowing the District of Columbia to become a state would violate the Constitution. Sadly, mainstream media, in their preference for progressivism and in their hatred for everything Trump, never questioned these ideas.

 

I sincerely hope that Trump keeps his gloating to a minimum, that his talk of retribution dissipates, that he re-thinks his ideas of uneconomic tariffs, that he brings back his Abraham Accords, and that he supports Ukraine in their fight for freedom. 

 

The United States remains that “shining city on the hill,” with her Statue of Liberty beckoning the poor and the oppressed. We should live to the standards those words imply.

 

Sydney Williams

November 6, 2024