“I feel blessed to be in this moment”

 “This is probably the most important presidency in my lifetime,” said Joe Johnson, 58, an Air Force veteran and gym owner in Nashville who is fiscally conservative and considers himself a political independent. “I am breathing a major sigh of relief. It feels like we’ve been in a fox hole, under siege, running out of supplies, and in the 11th hour, reinforcements have shown up. That’s the way I feel. I feel like the cavalry came.”

“As a Black person, you’re often accused of pulling the race card. It’s easy to feel crazy, like the inequities you feel or experience are just in your head,” said Johnson, who has four children and five grandchildren. “Finally, the president of the United States is up there admitting that there is systemic racism in this country. That is huge.”

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