Friday, November 8, 2024

I voted for Trump. Your insults won't change my mind.

Calling Donald Trump, and by default Trump voters, fascist doesn't just sound ignorant. It shows progressives' seething contempt for fellow citizens ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Fri Nov 8 2024

 
Supporters of the Republican presidential ticket campaign near a voting center on Nov. 5, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.

Calling Donald Trump, and by default Trump voters, fascist doesn't just sound ignorant. It shows progressives' seething contempt for fellow citizens

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Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the presidential election on Nov. 06, 2024, at Howard University, the historically Black college where she attended as an undergrad in Washington, D.C.
 

A moment of hope. Then America rejected a woman. Again.

American voters proved they prefer an adjudicated rapist for president over a woman. Now I'm unsure I'll ever see a woman president in my lifetime.

President-elect Donald Trump attends his campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Nov. 5, 2024.
 

Harris lost. I assume Democrats just forgot to cheat, right?

You want to know how badly the Democrats screwed up the presidential election? So badly they forgot to cheat.

Supporters listen as Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the presidential election on Nov. 06, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
 

America is meant to protect us. Trump's win proves otherwise.

Donald Trump's victory feels like an endorsement of the status quo, an unwillingness to address the disparities woven into our nation's fabric.

Supporters watch former President Donald Trump campaign for reelection in Raleigh, N.C., on Nov. 4, 2024.
 

Gen Z men wanted no part of Harris. Trump benefited.

Gen Z as a whole shifted right in 2024, exacerbating a trendline that now spans the last three elections.

A supporter of Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump reacts while watching early results at the site of the Election Night rally for Trump, in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 5, 2024.
 

Why did Harris lose white women? She can blame herself.

Don't expect me and other women to line up for a candidate simply because of her sex. I want someone who will stand for my principles and beliefs.

Voters wait in line to feed their ballots into the voting machines. Precinct 360 vote at Edmond Spring Creek Assembly of God during early morning voting on Nov. 5, 2024.
 

Your vote was safe this election. But disinformation persists.

The good news – and truth – from Election Day is that our voting systems did their jobs, regardless of which candidate you voted for.

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