DramatistDreamer

I saw some of the speech on livestream and wow, I marvel at how Hillary delivered such a magnanimous and graceful speech when so many were in tears around her. Time Kaine's eyes were filled. I didn't focus on Bill Clinton but some said he could barely keep it together.

Similar to what happened to Al Gore. The Electoral College.

To me, there was a confluence of things. White America has really severely disliked Hillary for decades. I don't know whether it was the "not baking cookies" comment or taking back Bill after the affair but the fact that White women abandoned her, says a lot. Many bore a grudge against Obama, never accepted him and seek to stamp out his legacy. Don't let the popularity/approval ratings fool you. People will say one thing in surveys and do another at the ballot box. There is a contingent that is especially bitter that Obama won a second term and sought ways to obliterate any chance of a defacto 'Third Obama term' in a Hillary Clinton administration. Also, some Black millenials (and some Whites) complained that Obama let them down, didn't do enough-- forgetting completely the obstructions he had to face. For me, the one mistake Obama made (if you can call it that) was to believe that Republicans would be reasonable and respect him as Commander-in-Chief and work with him to pass actual legislation. Nope. Well, those who think that Obama fell short, are really going to learn that it can get much worse. The real "rigged system" was the voter suppression that went on in many pockets that had minority populations. For every voter that went to the ACLU or NAACP to lodge a complaint and asserted their rights. Many more were dispirited and gave up. The repeal of the Voting Rights Act, meant many GOP headed states were free to close or, move many voting stations out of urban areas with a more diverse/minority population in favor of suburan/exurban less diverse/Whiter communities. It's downright dispiriting that the media is underplaying or not reporting the role of voter suppression, voter intimidation in all of this. That is going to be a rift for some time to come. Also immigrants. I know some recently naturalized U.S. citizens who voted in their first election yesterday and they are dispirited, depressed. I haven't the words to tell them. Charles Blow is on Twitter right now tweeting that he is struggling for words. In response to someone to tweeted @him to talk about white supremacy and anti-blackness, he said: " I've written about this so much that I'm not sure that I have a new way to discuss it. It exists. It's a problem. America doesn't care... " Many people, including me, feel a breach of trust. I feel more self-conscious of the gulf between what people say and what they do. What people say to my face versus what they are saying when I'm not in the room. What 'they' truly think about me despite their words and rhetoric.

I'm going to try to get some sleep, if I can.

Of course they did! They wanted to punish Dems for choosing Hillary, they will never convince me otherwise. Some did vote for 3rd parties but how does one explain the huge numbers of White Women, as well as men who voted for Trump? Some keep tweeting Michelle 2020. Michelle has been adamant that she doesn't have the patience for politics. I believe her and I would never want her subjected to the racism, sexism and ugliness that is part and parcel of these (dis)United States.

There are troves of Bernie voters claiming to have voted for Trump. I was dubious before but now I certainly believe it.

This!

Let's be clear, for some of us, America has always been hard. Even in the best of times, there have been unarmed Black men and women being shot and killed in the streets, their cars and even in their homes. Life has been "no crystal stair". I will repeat again, Trump has NORMALIZED hate speech so now people feel free to say nasty things and if his rallies are a sign of what's to come, physically assault people! Mass murder may be an exaggeration but many people claimed that having Obamacare saved their lives, if that is repealed, you could have people not going to the doctor and in turn, not being treated for treatable illness with fatal results. This is about people's lives. Many people didn't survive the Bush years. Trump has spoken that he won't hesitate to weaponize his administration. Somene who's been known to say '...beat the hell outta them'. Sorry but I don't feel in any way good about this.

The media helped to normalize Trump as a legitimate candidate. If it was for ratings, they played a dangerous game. Like Putin jails or disappears press/media that oppose him, some form of this is a possibility. My personal finances suffered under Bush's economy but this feels worse. A man who use racist raced baiting, mysogyny, xenophobia and outright vitriolic speech is on the threshold of becoming the next President, I feel like more than my finances will suffer. I don't know whether you can so easily repeal Roe v. Wade but Obamacare will certainly be in serious peril and so is the balance of the Supreme Court. And he STILL never released his taxes! That's how you know all the arguments about it being all just about economic fears was b-ullshit! He was held to a lower standard from the very beginning.

I am Black and a Woman. I cannot hide my skin color nor my gender. I have felt the sting of discrimination even in the best of economic times. I have had ignorant comments told to me as if they were compliments. I have been harassed and called names, men whispering nasty things in my ear and yelling them in the street. I've even been grabbed by at least one rando. Just two houses down, there is a man who had a Trump/Pence sign on his lawn. I have a friend who, over the weekend said she was afraid to leave her house on Election Day. Also a Black Woman. Show of hands, how many people have felt/do feel what I'm going through?

I barely started to come back from the Bush years. I don't know what will happen for my livelihood if Trump becomes President. I feel that he has normalized hate speech so much, I actually now fear for my safety as well as my economic livelihood.

I read a statistic that said 66% of White women voted for Trump?! Nobody better blame minorities for this mess. Even with voter suppression, many of us waited on extra long lines, sued to get our registrations restored and voted even in the face of intimidation. If HRC loses, we know where the blame can go. Chinese state media is saying this is what happens when you have a democracy, which is why they don't believe in it.

His voters should pay for the f*cking wall!

North Carolina Board of Elections saying they have not uploaded votes from Durham County. I don't know how much difference that makes, if any. People who are disregarding the fact that the Supreme Court dismantled the Voting Rights Act and it's consequences is astonishing.

Idaho voted for a dude named Crapo? California providing some oxygen and sense to this night.

Hours ago, someone mentioned that there would most likely be a recount in Florida. Considering the margin...it looks more and more likely. WTF is wrong with Florida??

Trump projected to win Florida. Ugh. She's gonna need MI, WI and NH.

Not to mention Aboriginals. It's a brutal history.

Yes but it is so close, it says a lot of disappointing things about the state of the U.S.

I'm going to stay my behind in the Northeast, in the blue territories! Or I'll move to the Caribbean where I have kinfolk.

I'm darker of hue and I've...heard some things from POC in Australia. So I'm not sure sure about that.