Amanda Gorman, the young poet becomes a Capitol Hill star

As a child she had a speech impediment like Joe Biden, who stammered, and, like him, is ready to run for the presidency the United States, in 2036. For now they have in common a unique day for both. At the inauguration day of the new president of the United States, the star of Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet, there have been six in history to read her verses after the presidential oath.

She is 22, an African American from Los Angeles, raised by a single mother who is a teacher.

He has a BA in Sociology with honors from Harvard, is an activist, and holds the title of National Youth Poet Laureate. It was Jill Biden who wanted her at the ceremony after hearing her lines in a congressional recital.

Starred “The Hill We Climb», The hill we go up, a poem that ended after the violence of January 6 on Capitol Hill and which was in theme with« America United », the happy motivation of the settlement. “Being American,” he said, “is more than a pride we inherit; it is the past we enter and how we repair it ».

Beautiful in the yellow Prada coat and with a red headband on her hairstyle, she also talked about her personal history of «Skinny African American girl raised by a single mom who dreamed one day of becoming president and today he plays in the inauguration of a president ».

His verses, with a rap trend, but in which someone also took references to the musical Hamilton, have enchanted the former presidents from Michelle e Barack Obama a Hillary Clinton that awaits her in the 2036 elections. «Even when we suffered», continued Amanda, «we grew up, even when we got hurt we hoped and when we got tired we tried. We will not be pushed back or bent by intimidation because we know that our inaction and our inertia will become the future ”.

“We will rebuild, reconcile and recover.” He looked ahead without forgetting the recent past of the attack on the Capitol: “We saw a force that would have destroyed our country if it meant postponing democracy. This effort has almost succeeded. But if it can be periodically postponed, democracy can never be permanently destroyed ».

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