The vote is in—accept the pres. elect

Although many people in the United States are dismayed about the way the 2016 presidential election ended, there is no way to change the results now. The public has spoken, and potentially the greatest upset that our generation will see has occurred.
Donald Trump is the president-elect. You may be shocked or surprised at the results that came in early Wednesday morning, but it is not hard to see that this is a political change that has been brewing for a long time.
Even Hillary Clinton had to give a concession speech that she never expected she would have to deliver. However, there is a lesson to be taken from the words that Hillary spoke to the crowd in a hotel ballroom in Midtown Manhattan.
“Donald Trump is going to be our president,” she said. “We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power. And we don’t just respect that, we cherish it.”
No matter what candidate you were rooting for during the election, it is over now, and we need to graciously accept Donald Trump into office. This is important to do because an election season leaves the country divided, and this year’s season was no different. If the entire country does not accept Trump as the new president then the division leaves the country vulnerable.
“Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division,” Trump said at his victory speech. “To all Republicans and Democrats and Independents across the nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.”
If the country does not unify under Donald Trump, it will undermine his image, which affects the way that other countries view our stability. Analysts have also said that lack of respect for the legitimacy of the presidency could trickle down and affect lawmakers.
Clinton’s concession speech was an attempt to keep the peace in America. A peaceful transfer of power is one of the things that has allowed the democracy in the United States to work for so long. People refusing to stand behind a new president does not convey the diplomatic handover that we need.
Now is the time to start acting like we are citizens of the greatest country in the world again. It is time to stand together as one nation to fix the problems we might be facing inside our country and the problems we might be facing around the world.
We are not saying that you have to be pleased with the election, but we are saying that you need to grin and bear it. The worst will be yet to come if we let the dissent between parties linger.