The Different Drummer

Biden Could Secure His Legacy With This One Move

There is particular cruelty in the fact that an adjudicated rapist has twice blocked the glass ceiling from being broken. This can be fixed.

“I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything,,,Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”

– Donald Trump

Photo by Ruan Richard Rodrigues on Unsplash

On Election Day 2016, I was living alone in a room in East Los Angeles, separated from my family as I prepared for my run against Monica Garcia in the 2017 LAUSD School Board race. As the results trickled in, I fielded many calls from my wife, who became more panicked as the night wore on. I did my best to calm her down by explaining what data was not in yet and what to look for.

Eventually, it became clear that Clinton did not have a path forward. I called up my wife to let her know: “You can panic now.”

The results on that night were shocking and left me numb. A month earlier the Access Hollywood tape had been released, exposing Trump…