This DOES bear repeating. I’ve been repeating the same thing myself, but you say it better.
“What happened was more Trump voters showed up at the polls while more of us called ourselves angry at President Joe Biden, who managed to accomplish more for the country than anyone could have predicted or had a right to expect given the hand he was dealt.”
THIS IS TRUE! We acted like spoiled children instead of dealing with the task at hand. Kamala Harris was a spectacular candidate and she rallied a solid following with terrible odds.
Democrats acted like defeating the other candidate was less important than being mad at Joe Biden.
Yeah but the election was outright rigged, by voter suppression, by Musk’s bribing of voters, of course by the electoral college, and that is only what we know. What was going on behind the scenes?
Thank you so much for writing this. You lay out clearly what I've been struggling to say myself: that the words and 'vibes' we put out, especially on social media, help perpetuate the narrative of ineffectual, do nothing Democrats. We can't expect candidates to change minds primed for years on this distortion in a couple months of campaigning.
"We as Democratic voters need to own the fact that when facing the threat of handing over our government to a mentally unstable serial liar and sexual predator convicted on 34 criminal counts and facing a whole lot more (and that’s just for starters), “a whole bunch of Democratic voters were upset with the Democratic party” and just couldn’t get past the warped perception that Biden was too old (and boring) for the job – or that Kamala was not only a woman but a Black woman."
This DOES bear repeating. I’ve been repeating the same thing myself, but you say it better.
“What happened was more Trump voters showed up at the polls while more of us called ourselves angry at President Joe Biden, who managed to accomplish more for the country than anyone could have predicted or had a right to expect given the hand he was dealt.”
THIS IS TRUE! We acted like spoiled children instead of dealing with the task at hand. Kamala Harris was a spectacular candidate and she rallied a solid following with terrible odds.
Democrats acted like defeating the other candidate was less important than being mad at Joe Biden.
You said a whole word! And we still need to address the problem of literacy and how Republicans have targeted disaffected members of the Democratic Party! https://leslyejoyallen.com/2024/11/13/the-usa-literacy-crisis-this-election/
Yeah but the election was outright rigged, by voter suppression, by Musk’s bribing of voters, of course by the electoral college, and that is only what we know. What was going on behind the scenes?
Thank you so much for writing this. You lay out clearly what I've been struggling to say myself: that the words and 'vibes' we put out, especially on social media, help perpetuate the narrative of ineffectual, do nothing Democrats. We can't expect candidates to change minds primed for years on this distortion in a couple months of campaigning.
Jessica thank you so much for your thoughtful comment, I really appreciate it.
"We as Democratic voters need to own the fact that when facing the threat of handing over our government to a mentally unstable serial liar and sexual predator convicted on 34 criminal counts and facing a whole lot more (and that’s just for starters), “a whole bunch of Democratic voters were upset with the Democratic party” and just couldn’t get past the warped perception that Biden was too old (and boring) for the job – or that Kamala was not only a woman but a Black woman."