“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”
“The fact that people think that government — ‘eh, does it really even do anything?’ — and I’m like ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us, and we cannot take this democracy for granted.’ And I worry sometimes that we do. Those are the things that keep me up,” she said.
“The bars are different for people in life. That I’ve learned,” she said.
Without naming Trump, she continued: “Other people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. Black men can’t. You just learn to be good. And in the end, you benefit from that extra resilience.”
I hate all these articles, it’s like people want that asshole again.
“Man, wouldn’t it be CRAZY if this criminal won in 2024? He might ACTUALLY do it! It could happen! The courts might let it!”
Like bro, stop. Stop jinxing us. You are going to will it to happen. Stop giving him airtime. Don’t give him mindshare. Treat him like any other criminal and then drop interest. Focus on corruption or feeding the poor, anything else.