I remember America before Kamala Harris became President.
I remember both the hope and dread we all felt in 2024, before we knew who would win the presidential election.
In 2024, we knew that America was at an inflection point, one that could lead to three possible outcomes:
- The end of our 248 year experiment in democracy and the beginning of an era of dystopian autocracy; or
- Preservation of democracy but with continued governmental dysfunction and gridlock; or
- A new era of American progress and prosperity.
We knew that electing Harris was absolutely necessary, but not sufficient. Alone it wasn’t enough to really change America. Sure, it was enough to keep the treasonous, criminal, psychopath, felon, racist, grifter, rapist out of office. It was enough to stop the dystopian nightmare of Project 2025. It was enough to save our democracy and prevent the United States from becoming Russia 2.0.