Column: Turning over a new leaf, politically

Politically, the country is divided. As a preface, please know that I am not asking anyone to “pick sides” or bash anyone of any party. I just want to give an insight to the entire ordeal that you may not have heard yet.

President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated on January 20th. There’s nothing you or I can do about that. Whether we agree or disagree with his policies or not; that’s the bottom line.

Hating or loving our President does no one any good. Any elected official is someone who works for us, the common people, the people who put taxpayer money in their paychecks, regardless of their political affiliation.

Simply put: they work for us. Instead of glorifying or bashing Biden, we need to hold him to a standard. One that Americans can come together on. I think we can all agree that times are hard right now, and I think we can also agree that the gap between parties grows each and every day.

We all have differences, and that’s one of the best things about living in a free country: you have the choice to say and do what you want to. But within that, we have to do what is best for the country to move forward.

We have to learn to put country before party. Know that without the American people, the officials are nothing. Together we stand, divided we fall.