Suburban Soccer Mom

I’m sick of this narrative touted by the Trump campaign that suburban soccer moms (they mean white suburban soccer moms) are scared of protesters in the streets, and they’ll reelect him to restore “law and order”. I am scared. I’m scared of a leader who fuels hate and racism. I’m scared of racist, armed militias murdering my friends. I’m scared of millions of people losing their healthcare plans in the middle of a global pandemic, a pandemic that the President refused to acknowledge at all for months and that he is still trying to play down as “not that bad”. I’m scared of the greed of the Trumps of the world that has sent this planet into a climate crisis that we may never recover from. I’m scared of school shooters. I’m scared that even if he loses in November, that Trump won’t vacate the White House and will improperly use federal police officers to maintain his authority like he tried to do in Portland and other US cities. I’m scared of four more years of Trump. I’m scared that he will set progress back even further than he already has. So yes, Mr. Trump, I, a white, suburban soccer mom, am scared, but not of protesters in the streets. I, and my fellow soccer moms (newsflash! Some of them are Black!) ARE the protesters in the streets. Our streets, our protests, and our suburbs may be smaller than the big cities, but we’re doing everything we can to make sure you are a one term President. Maybe YOU should be scared.