A guest blog post by Meg Regan, a resident of Los Angeles.

Dear Mr. President,

I find politics fascinating. I’m surprised I wasn’t a poli-sci major because I feed on the news like some people eat up gossip columns. A communications degree was a good second best though, as it allowed me to spot bias by the time I got to the byline.

I assume it is because politics is just one giant study of human behavior at its best and worst. I would have been a social psychologist if I knew at 18 what I know now.

But yesterday I woke up and I didn’t want to read any news sites. I didn’t want to check twitter or read the AP, Reuters, BBC, Politico or any of the like. I wanted to hide under the covers and go back to sleep for four years.

Barack and Michelle’s America was an exciting and optimistic Republic, constantly progressing towards new and inclusive ideals. Despite inheriting the worst economic downturn in recent history, President Obama left office with the lowest unemployment rate since the Recession. Under his leadership, our armed services discovered and destroyed our greatest enemy, a human who was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans. By his steadfast belief that no American should be bankrupted by a pre-existing condition, 20 million uninsured and under-insured men, women and children now have healthcare coverage. President Obama paved the way for my friends and family to marry the loves of their lives and for women to have the coverage and support they have so intensely fought for, stretching back a century and more.

His administration was for the inclusion and appreciation of people, ideas, controversies, and debate. That was Obama. The cool uncle that you wanted to invite over for dinner and support his charities and smoke weed with. You felt like you were heard. Your voice was important to him and your character was valued.

And then you were elected and I, as well as many Americans, were scared. You used bigotry and loaded language to try and dismantle all of the hard work that came before you. You’ve slowly but discernibly started  to chip away at the fundamentals this country was built upon.

But I don’t buy it.

You’re smart in ways that people don’t expect. You know what to say to encourage hate, to incite violence and to revolutionize demographics, all with a single tweet.

So as the populous that you seek to govern, as the citizenry that you purport to represent, I’m asking you to show us your next trick, to reveal the man behind the curtain. Because the biggest reveal of all would be to surprise this country and kill us with kindness. To act and to govern in ways that revolutionize and incite change.  To support the working class. To empower working families. To deny the wealthiest among us their chance to use America as a checking account. The people that hold this country on their backs everyday, and go home with very little to show for it, wish this. The men and women of this country that strive for a better life wish this.

Prove me wrong Mr. Trump. Prove me and all your fellow Americans wrong. Help us get out from under the covers.

Hopefully,

Meg Regan