My screen turns on and I see the news alert, “Doug Jones beats Republican Roy Moore in Alabama Senate Race.” Getting a news alerts about a Democrat beating a Republican in a very red state never happens. But, it happened in this specific Senate race and gave people across the country hope that they had lost during the 2016 presidential election.  

As stories poured in about Roy Moore sexually assaulting women and children, there seemed to be an outrage across the country that didn’t seem to affect the Senate Race in Alabama. It looked like it would be a repeat of Trump winning the presidential election in 2016. 

“Donald Trump’s playbook didn’t work (this time),” as the Huffington Post put it. A red state, which looked like it was going to stay red, shocked everyone by turning blue to elect Doug Jones, the first Democrat to win in Alabama since 1992.  

Roy Moore and his supporters were in disbelief as the election came to a close and the last count of votes took place. Moore couldn’t seem to come to terms with the fact that he had lost. He called for a recount multiple times after the election, not coming to terms with the fact that he lost a race that seemed to be his, even after reports of his sexual misconduct came out.  

“There are some allegations too grotesque to swallow,” the Huffington Post said of Moore’s allegations of sexually assaulting a child and multiple women. As multiple women have come out with their stories of being sexually assaulted by politicians and directors and countless of other men in power, a page finally seems to be turning on how people react to these allegations.  

This election seems to show a turning point in how we, as a society, respond to sexual assault. Instead of brushing it off, we are taking a stand and saying NO we don’t want this man and other men like him to represent us.  

More and more people have finally started to take a stand and say, “We can’t have these people in power. We can’t have these people as our leaders and we can’t let them represent us.” 

While one election isn’t going to help the bigger problem that we face, it is a step in the right direction.  

We have a long road ahead before nobody ever has to say “Me Too” again.