The Truth Party | October 17, 2026
I saw something yesterday that just warmed my heart.
And I mean really warmed my heart.
Students from North Carolina A&T State University, right here in Greensboro, North Carolina, organized a march down Market Street to exercise their right to vote.
Now, according to the report I saw, their polling location on campus had been shut down, and their new polling location was considerably farther away.
So what did these young people do?
Did they sit around complaining?
Did they throw up their hands and say, “Well, I guess I’m not voting this year”?
No!
They organized.
They got together.
And they marched.
Right down Market Street.
And when I saw those images, I couldn’t help but think about something that happened right here in Greensboro 66 years ago.
February 1, 1960.
Four young Black men, freshmen at North Carolina A&T, walked into the Woolworth’s department store in downtown Greensboro.
Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil.
They sat down at a lunch counter.
They ordered coffee.
And they were refused service because of the color of their skin.
Now, think about that for a minute.
These were four college freshmen.
Young men.
Not much different in age from the students marching down Market Street yesterday.
They weren’t politicians.
They weren’t celebrities.
They weren’t wealthy or powerful.
They were four ordinary young Americans who believed something was wrong.
And they decided to do something about it.
They sat down.
And they stayed.
And the next day, more students joined them.
And the next day, more.
And before long, what started with four young men at a lunch counter had become a movement that spread across the American South.
Their courage helped transform this country.
And it happened right here.
In Greensboro, North Carolina.
Now, fast-forward 66 years.
Another generation of North Carolina A&T students.
Another moment in American history.
Another demonstration of what happens when young people decide their voices matter.
Except this time, instead of sitting down, they’re marching.
And I find that incredibly moving.
Because here’s something I’ve been talking about for months.
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
You cannot sit on the sidelines and expect somebody else to do the work.
You cannot spend all day complaining about politicians, complaining about Washington, complaining about the economy, complaining about everything that’s wrong with America, and then do absolutely nothing about it.
That’s not participation.
That’s observation.
And there’s a big difference.
I’ve spent the last several months traveling around Greensboro, talking to strangers.
Young people.
Old people.
Black people.
White people.
People from every walk of life.
And I’ve discovered something remarkable.
Most people want essentially the same things.
They want a safe place to live.
They want an education.
They want healthcare.
They want safe streets.
And they want the opportunity to provide for their families.
That’s it!
Five basic things.
And yet somehow we’ve managed to turn the process of providing those things into this enormously complicated political circus.
We’ve divided ourselves into Republicans and Democrats.
Liberals and conservatives.
Red states and blue states.
And somewhere along the way, we’ve forgotten something.
We’re all Americans.
And we all have a stake in what happens to this country.
That’s why what those A&T students did matters so much to me.
Because they weren’t waiting for somebody else.
They weren’t asking permission to care about their future.
They were participating.
And that’s exactly what democracy requires.
Now, there’s another part of this story that deserves attention.
Why should college students have to travel farther from campus to vote?
What was the reasoning behind closing their previous polling location?
Was it a question of funding?
Staffing?
Election administration?
I want to understand that.
Because we ought to be asking a very simple question:
Are we making it easier for eligible Americans to participate in democracy, or are we making it harder?
Voting should be secure.
Voting should be accessible.
And voting should be something every eligible American feels empowered to do.
That’s not a Republican idea.
That’s not a Democratic idea.
That’s an American idea.
And it’s one worth protecting.
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