Youth Vote
This year’s presidential election is definitely one for the record books. Beyond unconventional candidate choices and one scandal after the next, this election cycle will be highlighted as one in which millennials were targeted relentlessly.
Millennials are considered immensely vulnerable to influences by celebrity figures. Products and ideas have always been pushed through celebrities in marketing campaigns, but now celebrities are increasingly participating in the election process.
“If this country disgusts you so much, leave.”
Tomi Lahren, online political commentator, has taken any form of protest to mean disdain for America as a whole.
Political and civil protests have been shaking up the American political climate more frequently in recent times. Police brutality, racism, and inequality have spurred national movements and coalitions to form in order to address and protest these issues and others. Some people opposed to these demonstrations have called into question the protesters’ “patriotism” and their loyalty to their nation.
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