The storming of the Capitol in Washington also concerns the Americans who live in Herten. One of them is Lavon Hightower. He plays basketball for the Hertener Löwen.
The images of the “Buffalo”, a man with horns went around the world: With a bare torso and bizarre headdress, he stabbed the Kapitols in Washington optically out. What in the USA happened, makes Lavon Hightower stunned. “That’s crazy,” he says US basketball players in the service of the regional league team Herten lion.
Lavon Hightower switched to Summer 2019 from the USA to FC Schalke 04. Since this season the 24 year olds Basketball for the lions. The American lives in one Player shared apartment on the Paschenberg in Herten, but he knows exactly what is happening in his home country. He receives a lot of information via social media, but also via moving images from the TV station CNN.
“We need a restart”
As a supporter of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in Washington, Lavon Hightower’s feelings swayed between Anger and disappointment. “It’s crazy that people rush into the capital just because they don’t like the result of the presidential election,” says Hightower. “I am not a supporter of Donald Trump. He has split the people into two camps and ensures that they practically fall apart, ”says the lion basketball player.
The 24 year old is therefore gladthat Americans have one new president to get. “We Americans need a fresh start,” says Hightower. And he adds, “I believe that Joe Biden will give us this. There is one thing he will definitely do better: He will bring the people back together. ”This is particularly important in the hard times due to Corona. “We all need each other to do the right things and make the world a better place.”
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