@RitaOldLadyDem_ We'd be well served by a strong show of force from the Capitol police. It's pretty obvious that the thugs will try to enter and cause chaos and mayhem. They must be kept far away.
Unemployment is at historic lows, inflation is the lowest in the world, interest rates are coming down, real wages are the highest they've ever been. This has all been done under the Biden Administration.
Trump will now take credit for all of it, before he destroys it all again.
@estherzelda0514 Thinking the Democratic Party needs to move left after this debacle is utterly insane. The election was lost bc policies don't matter anymore, just propaganda, lies, racism & misogyny. We won't win the rural white vote with a more left-leaning set of economic proposals FFS.
This morning feels like 2004 and Brexit. Some people will try to make it about what the Dems could have done better. But the truth will be that the right lied, it lied a lot, the media didn't provide guardrails, and stupid people voted for bad things for dumb reasons.
@SymposiumSilver@Wilson__Valdez Perhaps they should have.
How do you educate the voting public to understand that inflation isn't caused by the president? It's the remit of the Fed, which is (or has been, until now) an independent body. But all the idiots see is that the price of eggs went up for a while.
@benny_uncl57167@Wilson__Valdez Some people, definitely so. I'd say 35-40% of the electorate. But others, the decisive low-info 10-15% who determine every fcking election in this country, simply don't understand that that's what they voted for.
@SymposiumSilver@Wilson__Valdez Someone said last night, and I tend to agree, the only issue that moved a lot of people was inflation. If you believe the President controls it and it went up bc he's bumbling, senile & incompetent. And that's what people think, smh. And Harris got the blame by association.
He was the worst President in history. And when he got voted out, he tried to stage a coup. Then he stole national secrets and sold the ones he didn't store in the bathroom.
He was convicted of fraud, found liable of sexual assault and convicted of 34 felonies. He is half a billion dollars in debt, owned by God only knows who, and the biggest national security risk the nation has ever had.
But at least he's not a Black woman.
Democracy is clarity. As a student of human behavior, I believe it reflects the will of the people. The race is not over but the blame game has begun. I will not let the pundits scapegoat Black voters. I will not let you scapegoat Arab American voters. Not even the shift of Latino voters. Donald Trump was supported by White men, White women, non college educated and college educated. Suburban White women and rural White women by a majority. It’s clear that my neighbors, coworkers, and friends have no problem with a convicted felon, convicted rapist, racist, and misogynist leading their government. They share his values. People show you who they are.
"It's an electorate mad at a FALSE incumbent WH record and expressing it pretty uniformly everywhere, blue and red states alike."
Biden is one of the most successful presidents in modern America. The Biden WH's record is exemplary. Trump's propaganda machine is just better at lying.
White people in America should never again talk about criminal behavior, amongst Black people, immigrants, or anyone else when they are literally casting ballots for a convicted felon to be president of the United States.
NYT gave:
Clinton 80% odds early on election night 2016
Trump 80% odds at this point in the night 2020
Trump 80% odds as of 10:30pm ET tonight 2024
cold comfort, i know!