I'm Speaking!

We knew it was coming. It was not a matter of if or whether. It was a matter of when.

What am I speaking about? The sexist, personal, thinly veiled racial attacks that are the lynch

pins of the Republican repertoire that not just America, but the world has come to know.

We have been down this road before. We don’t have to do a revisionist history of unfair,

biased treatment of people in this country. We can simply start with former president Barack

Obama and move forward to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Donald John Trump was out of control regarding both of these then candidates. Race and

birthplace was a factor with President Obama; gender and intelligence coupled with strength was

Ms. Clinton’s cross to bear with the serpent tongued Trump.

Trump used his own deep-seated insecurities, flowing like a river of hatred, to discredit,

undermine and outright lie about both President Obama and candidate Hillary Clinton.

He constantly threw out his rotten red meat to his snarling base to incite them. It is no

different than what he did up to and including the January 6th insurrection. Many of the raging

people did not know why they “hated” Hilary Clinton. I realized this from listening to so many

people talking about her, who knew little to nothing about her.

And please. Don’t get it twisted. It is not just males beating the drums of gender hatred.

There is a large segment of women who are haters of female accomplishments. You cannot

pretend that you don’t see the jealousy and mean spiritedness exhibited by women towards

women.

You see it on a daily basis. It is not just in politics. You see it in churches, or

organizations, (both social and professional), education venues, the workplace, and countless

other places.

What do I attribute this to? Deep seated insecurities. It is hard to look at someone who is

fulfilling their dreams while you are still struggling with your own lack of fulfillment and

diminished self-worth.

There is that inner devil that makes the person believe that another woman’s

achievements causes a comparison that makes the hater look lesser or underachieved in the eyes

of others, particularly a spouse.

Too many women find it easy to join in the female gender bashing. They believe that

they gain acceptance, respect and praise that they sorely desire. Just look at the women that

Republicans push forward. I simply offer Majorie Taylor Green and South Dakota Governor

Kristi Noem who bragged in her book about “shooting her dog.” She further lied about a

“meeting with dictator Kim Jong Un, canceling a nonexistent meeting with French President Macron, and an imaginary threat from fellow Lady Republican Nikki Haley.” Do you believe

that all of this was to impress women?

You can certainly see why Trump was quoted as saying “…she is somebody that I love.

She is a supporter of mine and I’ve been a supporter of hers a long time.” Really? She was once

on his list of possible Vice Presidents. She still will not shut up. Hand still in the air saying pick

me for something. Liars love liars and hatefulness.

Donald John Trump’s visit to the National Association of Black Journalist (NABJ)

Convention to curry favor with African Americans was outrageous! How dare he appear before

people who are much smarter and haul out the oldest divide and conquer trick in the book! How

dare they not mount a serious challenge to his racist misogynistic utterances!

Dear God. This is as old as the history books. It truly shows his ignorance of history, the

black community, and people in general. He seems not to be able to overcome his obsession

with race and color.

There are a great many biracial people in the world. Trump continuously attempts to

debase people of color, as he spray tans himself orange, with a hatred for people who are

naturally tanned.

It was so despicable to attempt this plantation method of let’s turn Black people against

each other. Let’s tell them Kamala Harris has been “passing.” “She has become Black when it

became an asset “or convenient.”

He claims he “did not know that Vice President Harris was Black until 3 years ago.”

What a liar. We won’t repeat what he said about an obvious winner on his now defunct

“Apprentice” show, who happens to be African American.

There is going to be a lot more that we as a voting public will have to endure. We cannot

be dissuaded or put in fear.

What we must do is get busy, get registered, and get ready. We must, “…be strong in the

Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand

against the wiles of the devil.” Ephesians 6:10,11.

Elaine Harris Spearman, Esq., is an Attorney, retired as the Legal Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Comptroller of the City of St. Louis (MO).  She is past president of the Mound City Bar Association (MCBA), and a 2022 Inductee into the MCBA Legal Legends.  She is past Board Member at Large of the National Bar Association and past president of the Etowah County (Gadsden) NAACP.  She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and licensed to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court and in the states of Missouri and Illinois.