Paco Taylor
2 min readNov 1, 2024

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"Harris is not a leader. You know this."

Why do I know this, because she's a woman? If that's the case, then no. I don't know that.

As I see it, Harris is as capable to lead this nation, and vastly even *more* capable than a number of the men who functioned as leader since George Washington was the first person elected to lead back in 1789.

A list of leaders that also includes, mind you, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, and every president who actively supported slavery prior to Abraham Lincoln, America's 16th president.

But this is also what I know, C: Harris has more years of government working experience than most presidential nominees. Thirty-four years, in fact, which Ari Melber of MSNC broke down some weeks ago for folks who were tryna claim that Harris was too “inexperienced."

She’s had more experience working in government than JFK, Reagan, Obama, and many others, including Trump, a man who only leads the list of those who who’ve: 1) filed for bankruptcy, 2) been criminally indicted for various felonies, 3) been found liable for sexual assault, 4) who’ve been impeached, and 5) who've incited mob violence against the US capitol in a failed coup attempt.

So emphatically I say, it's Donald Trump who is not a leader. And that is something that I know to the core of my very intellectual being.

You aren’t a leader if you aren't capable of caring about those whom you lead. And his clear and present narcissism--coupled with his always clear and present racism––makes that quite plain. Or it should.

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Paco Taylor
Paco Taylor

Written by Paco Taylor

Paco writes about Eastern & Western pop culture, history, and art. He has bylines at CBR, G-Fan, Comics Beat, NeoText, and Nextshark | stpaco@gmail

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