It’s Over: Trump Clinches the Nomination (Editorial)

It’s over.
Last night, at the North Dakota State Convention, Donald J. Trump brought up his total delegate count to 1238, a majority of all delegates to be allocated in the Republican race for the nomination. It’s really happened. There will be no shenanigans on the floor of the Convention, where a candidate is stuck in at the last moment to rob Trump of the nomination. #NeverTrump is deader than a doornail. This is real.
Donald J. Trump is the Republican Nominee.
In many ways, this latest victory has been a long item coming: since Indiana, when the last of his competition in Ted Cruz and John Kasich dropped out, he has been the presumptive nominee. But, now, he really is the nominee. Now, personally, this writer had suspected that Trump would take the nomination since even before Iowa; however, it actually happening, is something that just feels so incredibly strange.
An ill-mannered billionaire is one of the two presumptive candidates for President–in fact, he’s the only presumptive candidate. Hillary Clinton, for all her political mastery and experience, has still not managed to stich up the Democratic nomination when her only competition is an 80 year old nobody socialist senator from Vermont. The Clintons, both famed and reviled for their political machinations, seem less able to play the game of politics than a New Yorker who has had literally zero political experience in his whole life.
Regardless of what you think about Trump (and there are plenty of opinions out there on him), this election should have you excited. Even if you think he’s a racist or an idiot, that should, if anything, have you more excited; this is going to be one of the most famous elections in history. Bush-Gore? Lincoln-Douglas? All of them will pale in comparison to Trump-Clinton or, should history take such an odd turn, Trump-Sanders. The rudest debate and rhetoric we’ve seen in decades, with frightening amounts of public discontent on both sides, often erupting into violence.
Frightening though it may be in certain respects, we are all living history right now, something that your great-great grandchildren will probably have at least heard of, that will likely even be mentioned in their textbooks. This promises to be the most bizarre and ludicrous election we’ve ever had. My advice to you, whether you be a Trump friend or foe, is to make sure you have a place in that history; get out there. Support your candidate, campaign for them. Donate, make your voice heard. But, most of all: vote. Because your vote could be the one that makes the difference this time around.

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