By George Bush Presidential Library and Museum [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

Can we stop expecting so little of the person sitting in the Oval Office?

I don’t want Trump and I don’t want George W. Bush either.

Lecia Michelle 📃
Sep 3, 2018 · 4 min read

I’m tired. I’m tired of people dumbing down the presidency to the point where we now have a fifth grader in the office who habitually throws tantrums and could use a permanent time out. We’re witnessing history, just not history that makes us…

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Lecia Michelle 📃

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I'm a black woman, a writer, poet and activist. I hope to one day put my stories into a book. Twitter:@LeciaMichelle

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