Kamala Harris didn't lose, America did.
As a nation, we collectively failed herโand in doing so we failed girls and women, the LGBTQ community, people of color, Muslims, Jewish people, immigrants, the sick, the poor, the elderly, the people of Ukraine, and Gaza, and the planet.
It's unthinkable, that instead of being able to celebrate a beautiful, hopeful new chapter in the story of this nation with a leader who appealed to the best of our naturesโwe will instead be holding a postmortem for democracy as we enter our 250th year, stewarded by a malevolent sociopath who despises empathy and shuns the law.
I truly thought we were better than this, that our shared humanity would show up. I thought we would reject this hatred and ugliness once and for all.
I hate being wrong about the majority of the people of this nation.
I don't know what's ahead. All I know is that good-hearted human beings are more necessary now than ever.
We did all that we could to avoid this moment, but now that it's here we'll just have to decide who we will be.
There is no way to comprehend or measure how grievous an error this is, but the only thing the decent people of this nation can do is wake up tomorrow and fight like hell for what we still believe is worth the fight, and we will.
I'll be doing that with whoever has the strength to join me.
I'm mourning the country we could have been and the one we apparently areโbut I refuse to give up believing that compassion is the right path, that diversity makes us better, and that love is greater than fear.
What a day with @JessExcell @TracyEx Tom W, Simon E. Respect @BathRugby-never quit in the great traditions of the club.
Many congratulations @SaintsRugby - my lucky socks (obviously worked ๐คฉ๐๐๐ค๐๐
And this is itโฆ..when a #smalleuropeanwoman made history as the first ever woman to complete the #BarkleyMarathons (one of the toughest ultra marathons there is)
@JasminKParis ladies & gentlemen!!
A total legend ๐ช๐ป๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ฆธ๐ผโโ๏ธ!
(warning - this vid may have a watery eye effect!)โฆ#BM100
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