By Doni Glover, Publisher (BALTIMORE – November 20, 2024) – I was recently asked if I gamble. I said no. Then again, I do engage in politics. I was admittedly biased in terms of the recent election. I was ten toes down in support of Vice President Kamala Harris. Although there were indeed issues during the campaign – as noted by political pundits on our daily broadcast (The Emmy-nominated “Doni Glover Show” streaming on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook weekdays at 9 am EST) and via a lot of text messages from less public sources, I believed and still believe that she would be a better president. In any event, Donald John Trump was put back in as Commander in Chief. For me, I did my duty. I tried to highlight her strengths. I illuminated Project 2025 for our listeners. At the same time, as a news publisher, I had to share the stage with the likes of David Byrd and Raynard Jackson. Both men are strong and proud Black Republicans. Yet still, there were whispers in the dark by those much more intelligent than me. They had already pulled back the curtain. As a result, they had issues with her. Some even had problems from the very beginning of her abbreviated presidential campaign. Did President Joe Biden pass the ball too late? Did he campaign for her or leave her on a limb to fend for herself? Was she battle-tested? Should Vice President Kamala Harris have gone through the Democratic process at the National Democratic Convention rather than being selected to run for President? Was Harris the ideal statesman, or did she present herself as something else? Was Harris boxed in where she couldn’t criticize her boss and instead tuck with the Biden track record? Or, was White America too traumatized from 8 years of a Black president, Barack Obama – along with his Black wife and his two Black daughters – to even think about voting for not only another Black but a woman? And, unfortunately, some are still hell-bent on proving Kamala isn’t Black at all. On the other hand, there is the bizarre yet highly effective way in which Donald Trump has tapped into White America’s fear of the browning of this country to be a point of rally for the last hurrah. After all, 2045 is coming fast. At the same time, many question whether Trump should have been a candidate from “Jump Street.” He has violated the law most egregiously. On January 6, 2021, following his 2020 election defeat, President Trump’s refusal to concede and claims of voter fraud led to a rally where his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, disrupting the Electoral College certification. About 800 rioters breached the building, resulting in violence, vandalism, and threats to officials. Classified as domestic terrorism, the FBI’s investigation became the largest in U.S. history, charging over 1,143 individuals by 2023. High-profile convictions included members of extremist groups, with sentences of up to 22 years for seditious conspiracy.…