23-year-old pens POWERFUL essay about why she joined Convention of States
Why did I join the Convention of States grassroots movement? Well, there are really a lot of reasons why I decided to take a stand and fight for our country. For starters, I’m patriotic. I love our constitutional republic. I believe we have the potential to be the country our Founding Fathers intended us to be and I believe in freedom.
However, there’s really a lot more to it than that. Anyone can feel this way. As a matter of fact, I’m sure many of you reading this may feel the same as I do.
I’m asked often why I joined the Convention of States movement, and I truly find it hard to answer this with a short sentence or two. I find myself pondering the question: Do I list generic responses as I did above, or do I go into detail?
Normally my response is pretty short, somewhat generic, but still personable. However, today, I’m writing this article to tell you the story of where this all began for me. The full story, nothing generic or short about it.
My name is Kassity Goldsworthy. I’m 23 years old and currently reside in Macomb County. I have a beautiful, supportive, and inspiring mother, Kelly Goldsworthy, and my late father James McManigal. I grew up in Rochester and had what you may consider a pretty normal childhood.
Politics were never pushed on me as a kid or even really spoken about from what I can remember. I was taught the normal American things like supporting our troops, police, firemen, and first responders, our Founding Fathers fought for our freedoms, all of that good stuff.
For me, this all really started back in 2015 when I was 16 years old and Donald Trump was running for president.
In high school, we were forced to watch CNN. I know, I know, it’s garbage news. But did I know this as a 16-year-old? No, but boy, was I about to.
I remember being shown a CNN clip that was completely bashing Donald Trump. It was showing bits and pieces of his speech. I could tell they were cropped, clipped, and mashed together. Once the clips were done, the news anchor then told you how you should feel about this speech. Rather than sitting there and letting the people listen and form their own opinion, they shoved theirs right down your throat.
Now, this did not sit right with me. I didn’t know why at the time, but later on I did.
I wrote down what speech of Donald Trump this CNN clip supposedly came from. The moment I got home, I looked up the full video. I watched it all, listening to his words extremely carefully. I realized CNN had completely lied and botched what this man had actually said.
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