It’s been a long time since Americans — all of its citizens no matter their age, race or gender — have experienced “good” government.
For many, it’s been a terrible four years, but even if I were to be very generous, no one can call the last year of the previous administration anything but a disaster, and the poster child for government at its worst.
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