Let’s sing Adiós to this election

Hey America,

We’re finally here. Election night is tonight — fucking finally.

We’ve come so far. We’ve endured so much every single day, and now it’s over. In the process we’ve witnessed, encountered or engaged in divisive rhetoric — today, it’s done.

There are those who argue — reasonably well, unfortunately — that the outcome of the election does not change the social and political tensions and while such premise might be correct, I’d like to argue that after this election, there’s an opening to come together.

We’ll no longer have the Presidential election as a daily topic of conversation. We might give news networks a break from watching their split screens because a split screen is a pretty accurate analogy of what it feels like to have almost any conversation these days and for some us, it has had a painful transition beyond the political spectrum of our lives. The social fabric of this awesome country is nurtured by bonding and coming together — the exact opposite of a split screen.

I, for one, am ready to take a break, I am ready to laugh at myself, I honestly don’t have the energy to be cruel. I am ready to forgive. I am ready to let go and focus on the future.

And there’s so much to be grateful and hopeful about — all one has to do is to look at this country’s story to be marvelled by its courage, by its embrace of the other, by its generosity and kindness and yes, by its unrivaled sense of humor.

This is the context of our decision to say adiós to this intense episode of political discourse. A couple of friends and I decided to sing farewell to this election at 7pm, alongside a woman-lead mariachi band where it all really started, at Trump Tower.

Ending the election cycle in a woke, Mexican style at Trump Tower makes sense to us because only then, would we be able to say that we brought a revolution, in Stephen Colbert’s wise words:

Folks, if you remember, when this show began, I promised you a revolution and I have delivered because technically, one revolution is 360 degrees right back to where we were.

Perhaps, ironically, a Mexican tradition can offer an opportunity to come together and celebrate the end of the campaign. We won’t criticize or flatter any candidate — make no mistake, we’re not associated with any campaign. We just think this is a fun idea and we hope you join us in the best spirit of fun and unity.

Today, it might be singing alongside a Mariachi band, tomorrow we could learn from the Japanese art of Kintsugi to mend any fractured relationship and find beauty in broken places. Reinvention is an American tradition.

We’ll be there because we want to rise to the occasion. We’re there because we want to make you laugh and we’ll be the first ones to laugh at ourselves. We want to be ridiculous in our own way, we get to look at the past and laugh at it because we’re sooo ready to embrace the future.