Mackelmore’s post election Instagram post will bring you to tears
Just as we’ve established that this year’s John Lewis Christmas ad wasn't all it was cracked up to be, we were lost for a good cry and it looks like we’ve found it.
Macklemore has shared this heartbreaking Instagram post just hours after Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States.
The post is a simple photo of his sleeping 1-year-old daughter, Sloane but it’s the caption of the photo that has us in an emotional state.
“I gathered around the TV with my family and loved ones, ready to celebrate history being made. My daughter had this little blue dress on. I was ready to pop the Martinelli's and hold her, watching Hillary Clinton become the first female president of the United States of America,” he wrote.
“But...It didn't happen”.
He added, “I had a sick feeling in my gut, riddled with anxiety as the polls started coming in. After hours of a growing pit in my stomach, it was over. I left the TV, grabbed my daughter and took her to bed. But now, as I’m laying next to her as she sleeps, I remember. Remember what I have control over and what I don’t. I don’t have control over Donald Trump becoming president. That has been decided. But what I do have control over is where I go from here.”
The rapper continued by explaining the things he hoped to teach his daughter and stressed that Donald Trump is not raising his family, he is.
“I get to encourage and nurture her to be who she wants to be. Teach her that her voice and actions can change the world. Teach her that she can do anything that a man can do. And one day, even become president of the United States of America. I have work to do. It starts now. And that work is the only thing bringing me peace at the moment.”
Mackelmore famously released his hit Growing Up in 2015 as a love letter to Solane before she was born.
Solane also took her first steps right here on our shores.
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