The Politics Thread

[sivad40]

The word is out that Kamala is calling Trump to concede the election.

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[I Am A Swede]

I feel so bad for all of you. These news are depressing enough looking at it from the outside. I can't even imagine how it must feel for you on the inside.  

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[Wendy]

At this point, as I said, let the GOP "govern". Let them rip everything apart.

Yes, we will also suffer, and that's sad and scary. But what's done is done. So let the MAGA cult reap the "benefits" when the Trump sinkhole makes them suffer right along with the rest of us.

Because that WILL happen. And when it does, and they start crying, I don't want to hear One. Fúcking. Word. out of any of 'em.

[ChateauCardboard]

I read that and my heart stopped. That can't be true, can it?

[Wendy]

It's true. Trump won PA. Harris HAD TO WIN that and MI and WI to have a shot. She has lost PA and is losing WI and MI. It's over.

[DRW50]

I've mostly been numb tonight, and that may be how I am from now on, but the closest to emotional I got was remembering that Harris was planning to give her speech at Howard. A moment that would have meant so much to her and so many other people. I've seen people chiding her for not coming out and making a statement, but I can't imagine how devastated she must have felt.

[Wendy]

And, to add, it appears she is also losing AZ and NV. So...

I recall how stunned and sickened I felt in 2016. But I don't feel...anything...now. Like @DRW50, I'm just...numb.

Maybe that's a coping mechanism. I hope that sustains itself until 2028 - assuming we even have an election.

It's official:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-wins-presidency-for-second-time-completing-improbable-comeback/ar-AA1tACW8?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=020371eefa64450a8a076349d98be513&ei=8

[Antoyne]

I already figured this would be the outcome but it truly happening and people excited about it. I’m so sad. I feel sick.

[Wendy]

I give it a month (once Trump takes office) before we're in a depression.

Hold on, folks. Here we go again. Because we're ignorant, stupid, and never learn.

[I Am A Swede]

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[BetterForgotten]

Democrats needed to come out in droves to mitigate this, but they didn’t. Even in Democrat strongholds, Trump often outperformed his standings from 2016 and 2020, while margins for Democrat were down.  

Not only has he won the electoral college, this is the first time he’s actually won the popular vote too. 
 

Infuriating. 
 

[I Am A Swede]

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   That is mindblowing. Never in a million years did I expect that.

[Wendy]

Worse, it would appear those "Dem strongholds" VOTED FOR TRUMP.

Those who opposed him won't deserve the suffering to come, but every last traitor that voted for him will. Not a tear to be shed by me for ANY of them.

[sivad40]

Trump and the Republicans will have a mandate with them in control of all branches of government and winning the popular vote too.

I heard that Trump in his victory speech thanked hisvsocial media and the podcasters like Joe Rogan, Adin Ross and Theo Von for helping win the election. 

[reallyhateskateonlost]

I had a sick feeling this would happened.