Madam POTUS

Aundra Willis Carrasco
1 min readOct 11, 2024
The new cover of Vogue Magazine

Prepared to make history as Madam POTUS, she is suited up with broad shoulders and indisputably prepared to take on the job. Historically, Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution covers the Presidential Oath of Office and states: “Before HE enters on the Execution of HIS Office, HE shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:– I (HIS NAME) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” It will be interesting to witness how history will be made again when these gender-referencing pronouns are edited in the Oath. But this situation brings to mind another Presidential inauguration and begs a very serious question. On Friday, January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump smugly raised his hand and repeated the words: “… and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” being read to him by Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts, do you think he meant one word of what he was repeating? From what we now know about him, the answer is abundantly clear.

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Aundra Willis Carrasco
Aundra Willis Carrasco

Written by Aundra Willis Carrasco

Freelance Writer, Essayist, Blogger, Curious Social Observer. E-Mail me at: aundra.willis@gmail.com or visit https://aundrawilliscarrasco.com

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