Constitution to let him redeem his rightful victory from the “False & Fraudulent Elections,” as he scribbled on his platform Truth Social. It is to be seen, however, whether the two parties would race to the 2024 elections based on their accomplishments in the next two years, or remain hostage to the vituperative rhetoric of Donald Trump, whose recent clarion call has been to terminate the rules of the U.S. With 50+1 (Kyrsten Sinema opting out to be independent) Democratic seats in the Senate and the Republicans controlling a majority in the House, a new balance of political power has been struck that would require compromises at every step rather than either party bulldozing its agenda.Īfter the 2022 midterm elections, America does not seem to be at cultural war, a house divided against itself or a bitterly polarized nation. Warnock, a spiritual heir to Martin Luther King Jr., would raise his voice for the working poor in the Senate as he did during the past two years, seeking funding for Black colleges and universities, maternal health care, and decrepit infrastructure, among his other modest legislative efforts. Of its pain and its promise, of the brutality and the possibility, but because this is America and because we always have a path to make our country greater, against unspeakable odds, here we stand together.”
I am an example and an iteration of its history. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, celebrated his Senate victory by summing up succinctly the long struggle of the Blacks: “I am Georgia. 6, we saw another embodiment of what the American dream is made of: A woman once working in the cotton and tobacco fields in the South “helped pick her youngest son to be a United States senator.” This commentary is by Narain Batra, a media and First Amendment scholar affiliated with the diplomacy and international program in the graduate college at Norwich University. To submit a commentary, follow the instructions here. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers.
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