Written by Chase Christensen
The winner of the US election is well and truly decided, as Americans made their voices heard. Donald Trump will be inaugurated as America’s 47th president after democracy prevailed. The lead up to the 2024 election will go down in history as the greatest ever. From a convicted felon to being president-elect in the same year, how did Donald Trump shut the lefty whiners up?
The start of the 2024 election controversy goes all the way back to the aftermath of the 2020 election. Radical right-wing republicans stormed the Washington Capitol on January 6, 2021. An estimated 2000 attackers entered the capitol, with an estimated 500 people arrested. Trump was sitting back on his couch watching the crazy scenes, enjoying all of it. Despite the House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pleading with him to tell his supporters to go home, Trump ignored him until he told the attackers to go home three hours later in a tweet.
The disagreement between McCarthy and Trump was just an example of the disconnect between Trump and the Republican party, following the 2020 election loss. Donald did not congratulate the newly elected president Joe Biden, as he made his opinion known that the 2020 election was defrauded. It was thoroughly reported that he wanted to resign from the Republican Party to instead create his own party, however he denied the reports. This obviously did not end up occurring, as Trump comfortably secured the role of Republican leading candidate for the 2024 election.
Election year arrived within the blink of an eye. The Joe Biden presidency was one of the most criticised in recent US history. A large portion of the criticism came from Biden’s inability to string a full sentence together. The intimidation of the USA had significantly dropped under the Biden-Harris administration and Trump was looking to take advantage and re-take the role of president.
Donald Trump was the first ever convicted felon to be a president. Worldwide coverage of him being charged with 34 felonies certainly worked in his favour. It was a reminder that he is still one of the most relevant people on the political stage. He turned the felony charges from a negative to a positive by creating a storyline that a lot of Americans loved. ‘Convicted felon to president’ was the fantasy he had in his head before making it a reality. After a diabolical debate for the Democratic party between Biden and Trump, Trump’s momentum was powerful and his support was growing.
The most memorable moment from the leadup to the election was on July 13, 2024, with the failed assassination of Trump sending the world into a state of shock. Despite his life nearly being taken, this was one of the best things to happen to the former president. The image of him bravely standing right back up and yelling “fight, fight, fight”, will go down as a historic moment in time. This ‘braveness’ boosted his campaign tremendously and to add to this, sleepy Joe withdrew from his campaign for a second term of presidency, just a week after the assassination attempt. Kamala Harris was nominated as the leading candidate for the Democratic Party and had visions of saving the leftist woke Americans with her celebrity appearances at flashy, modern campaign rallies.
The battle between Harris and Trump was predicted to go down as one of the closest ever. Trump significantly defied expectations, as the 45th and soon to be 47th president, won all seven swing states. The Democratic Party and their followers were sent into a horrific shock, as the villain in their eyes had become the supreme leader of America, for the second time. From the storming of the capitol to a failed assassination attempt, the 2024 pre-election stage was filled with immense controversy and drama and ended with the better candidate winning.
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