Perhaps Americans can accept a bullsh1tter, someone who tells big stories with lots of bluster, and who while a convicted felon, their crimes were far from awful and only came to light as the result of a targeted, politically-motivated, campaign, whilst he was trying to protect his reputation from muck-raking. That one man they can deal with.
What they can't accept is, when the shoe is on the other foot, an entire social network and the state apparatus stifles an equally important story about Biden's sordid connections in favour of the Democrats. They can't accept a campaign which targets women, women, women and turns a blind eye to everyone else - especially the everyone else with the highest suicide rates, lowest graduation rates, and declining outcomes across the board. And when that other group must sit in silence and do nothing but acknowledge its "privilege". They won't accept being told what they see in front of their very eyes (a man) is in fact a woman, that this man should be able to compete against their daughters in sport, and to challenge any of it is to declare oneself as a bigot and a transphobe. A bigot and a transphobe despite having sympathy and acceptance for actual trans people. They are probably ambivalent about abortion, recognising it is both important but also an avenue of last resort rather than a lifestyle choice. So to be told they are anti-woman for seeing nuance simply cannot vote for the Democrats. They resent the way Afghanistan was vacated. Want something other than continuous funding for Ukraine when there is a homelessness and fentanyl epidemic on their street corners. See obvious existential risk in an open southern border while every other avenue of entry to the US at least involves some form of security check. And most of all, when they see in front of their very eyes a President clearly in the depths of cognitive decline, likely dementia, saying as much, being concerned about it, apparently means they are spreading Russian disinformation...until the Democrats, at the last minute, acknowledge exactly what everyone else has been saying, and suddenly it becomes an acceptable viewpoint.
They can accept a deeply flawed story-teller - because they can take it or leave it.
What they can't accept is outright lies which must be taken as truth, repeated, and adhered to, or your risk being declared persona non grata.
If “Donald Trump 2024 was the worst candidate in modern American history”, what does that say about the Democrat party that lost handily to him? Time to look in the mirror for some honest soul searching. It is only the losing party that has the opportunity to reform itself. The Democratic Party needs to take the opportunity.
Perhaps Americans can accept a bullsh1tter, someone who tells big stories with lots of bluster, and who while a convicted felon, their crimes were far from awful and only came to light as the result of a targeted, politically-motivated, campaign, whilst he was trying to protect his reputation from muck-raking. That one man they can deal with.
What they can't accept is, when the shoe is on the other foot, an entire social network and the state apparatus stifles an equally important story about Biden's sordid connections in favour of the Democrats. They can't accept a campaign which targets women, women, women and turns a blind eye to everyone else - especially the everyone else with the highest suicide rates, lowest graduation rates, and declining outcomes across the board. And when that other group must sit in silence and do nothing but acknowledge its "privilege". They won't accept being told what they see in front of their very eyes (a man) is in fact a woman, that this man should be able to compete against their daughters in sport, and to challenge any of it is to declare oneself as a bigot and a transphobe. A bigot and a transphobe despite having sympathy and acceptance for actual trans people. They are probably ambivalent about abortion, recognising it is both important but also an avenue of last resort rather than a lifestyle choice. So to be told they are anti-woman for seeing nuance simply cannot vote for the Democrats. They resent the way Afghanistan was vacated. Want something other than continuous funding for Ukraine when there is a homelessness and fentanyl epidemic on their street corners. See obvious existential risk in an open southern border while every other avenue of entry to the US at least involves some form of security check. And most of all, when they see in front of their very eyes a President clearly in the depths of cognitive decline, likely dementia, saying as much, being concerned about it, apparently means they are spreading Russian disinformation...until the Democrats, at the last minute, acknowledge exactly what everyone else has been saying, and suddenly it becomes an acceptable viewpoint.
They can accept a deeply flawed story-teller - because they can take it or leave it.
What they can't accept is outright lies which must be taken as truth, repeated, and adhered to, or your risk being declared persona non grata.
If “Donald Trump 2024 was the worst candidate in modern American history”, what does that say about the Democrat party that lost handily to him? Time to look in the mirror for some honest soul searching. It is only the losing party that has the opportunity to reform itself. The Democratic Party needs to take the opportunity.
18m fewer people voted compared to 2020. Where did they go? Non-voters are 100.00% to blame for all this.
The final tally won't be finished for weeks. It will probably turn out to be close to or slightly lower than 2020.
The levels of delusion have not yet peaked.