My Cuban Grandparents Warned Me It Would Happen To America

My Cuban Grandparents Warned Me It Would Happen To America

January 20, 2009. That was the day Barack Obama was sworn into office as the 44th President of the United States. When I got home from school, my family was gathered in the living room, and like millions of other homes across the country, our television was turned up to its highest volume. I was defeated, having lost every Facebook argument in defense of John McCain, but in reality, I didn’t care. What could go wrong anyway? We’re in America, fo…