Poet: it was language, words that got Trump in office

The Washington Post 2017-01-21

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Artist Aja Monet recited a poem titled "My mother was a freedom fighter" at the Women's March on Washington. Monet told the crowds that language is powerful and it was "the power of words" that got President Trump into office.
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