The thing is — we all know what he tried to do. All of us.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) December 31, 2025
He attempted a violent coup, and he did so on live television.
And then one of our political parties decided to nominate him for the presidency anyway, and 77 million Americans said sure.
We did this. https://t.co/eyQq0qcVaI
The Supreme Court has much to answer for. But Trump actually winning the popular vote means *we*- and even if you (I) didn't vote for him you (I) still kind of have to own him as President- have even more.
ReplyDeleteFor one thing I think a lot of our "institutions" looked at the popular vote and took the voters' will more seriously than the voters themselves did. The institutions thought the election meant there was support for Trump creating a whole new reality and acted accordingly. So far as the voters were concerned, though, they were just thinking voting for Trump would set the economic wayback machine to 2019.
As clear, concise, and accurate an analysis as I’ve ever seen.
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