Love trumps hate.
In the aftershock of Trump’s win, that’s what many Americans need to hear and that’s exactly the message Ellen DeGeneres shares.
DeGeneres, a Louisiana native, begins each episode of her talk show, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” with an opening monologue. Wednesday’s show, taped Tuesday before the electoral votes came in, offered an especially poignant message.
Dressed in a gray sweater with the word “love” over her heart, she reminded viewers that even in the midst of these trying times, Americans are more alike than we are different.
“People have been very passionate about this race,” DeGeneres said. “And I think it’s because we all love our country. We just have different ideas about what’s best for it— which is probably what makes America great.”
She continued, saying that while we are overwhelmingly similar, our differences actually make us stronger. But, DeGeneres, a comedian, didn’t stick with seriousness. She went on to propose that people who leave shopping carts in the middle of parking spots should be kicked out of the country.
No matter what party you identify with, DeGeneres said she believes we’re all familiar with “that feeling of stepping out of the shower and realizing you left the towel completely across the bathroom, and you have to do that little shimmy on the bath mat all the way across.”
“There is so much good in this world,” DeGeneres tweeted Wednesday afternoon. “My job is to find it and to show it to you. I’m not giving up on that.”
Providing light in these dark times, DeGeneres exclaimed that “it doesn’t matter if you’re a liberal or if you’re conservative, we’ve all passed out watching Netflix and woke up not knowing what episode we’re on, what season we’re on, whose couch we’re on.”
Choosing to conclude the monologue with videos of different animal species playing together, DeGeneres demonstrated how to move forward, and even played Queen’s “You’re My Best Friend” in the background.
Yesterday, she tweeted a photo of a dog holding a taco in his mouth, with the caption “this is for everyone who’s not ready to taco bout it.”
“Whether you relate more to an elephant or a donkey, I think animals set the best example for how we should all get along,” DeGeneres said.
Not even two full days after Trump’s victory, some are already spreading hate in his name. Crimes have been committed in many cities, including San Diego, Lafayette, Philadelphia and New York City — all in the name of Trump. But people like DeGeneres are choosing to look forward, rather than back, opting to focus on the positive and eliminate the negative.
DeGeneres ends each episode by urging viewers to be kind to one another, a message we need now more than ever.