His wife, Andrea, was more optimistic.
I think every president that weve had has never intentionally hurt our country, she said. Theyre going to do their best and thats all we can hope for.
Mr. Biden, she added, is not going to do some intentional crash of our country.
Her hopefulness stood out in a landscape of dread. Pastor Krebs, the Lutheran minister, said the reason the election felt existential to some was that it represented a referendum on more than just politics.
As a community leader who arrived in Mason shortly before the 2016 election, he said, he has seen how the citys views of the president are wrapped up in other issues, including the white majoritys relationship with Latino residents and a backlash to Black Lives Matter protesters striving for political power.
At the same time, Pastor Krebs said, sweeping generalities dont do justice to the complexity of the community.
Defining people strictly by their parties is not a good thing, he said. And Ive learned that sometimes people think more deeply when they get into a conversation than when we just start labeling one another.read more
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