John McKay (President McKay)

John Richard McKay (born July 17th, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2017 under the Barack Obama administration and served as an United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009.

Early life and education
McKay was born in Albany, New York to an upper class white family. He graduated from New York State University in 1977.

Election to the United States Senate
In 2000, McKay was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, defeating Republican Rick Lazio in the 2000 New York Senate Election.

2016 Presidential Election
On July 17th, 2015, on his 60th Birthday, he announced his run for the 2016 Democratic Nomination for President. He ran on the slogan "Continuing Progress!" and advocated for the Expansion of President Barack Obama's policies, LGBT rights, Immigration reform, Gun control, and other issues. However, McKay wasn't alone in the Democratic policies. His opponent, Independent U.S Senator Bernard Sanders ran a populist progressive campaign, advocating for Single-payer healthcare, free college and other issues. In the primaries, McKay called Sanders "a fool" and "an overpromiser". McKay later won the Democratic nomination and Sanders endorsed him. McKay chose US Senator from Arkansas Hillary Clinton as his running mate. In a general election, McKay faced Republican businessman Donald J. Trump from New York. The general election was very negative, Trump called McKay "Weak John", however McKay called Trump "an idiot" and "an insane narcissistic child" In the debates, Trump tried to paint McKay out of touch with the American people, he failed. McKay started talking about the issues with Immigration, debunking Trump's proposal to build a wall on the Mexican border. Many people thought McKay easily defeated Trump in the debates, 71-29.

McKay would later win the general election, winning 322 electoral votes to Trump's 216.

Presidency
The Presidency of John McKay started on January 20th, 2017, 12:00pm EST. His first act as President was to sign an executive order to bring in 10,000 refugees from Syria. He later would give 10,000 refugees, an apartment by raising taxes from 20% to 26%.