First thought--thank goodness it came out the way it did. My relief is palpable. Trump came out and lauded his family and his team as well as the voters. Of course wins are awesome, but he spread the wealth--didn't take the glory for himself. And that shows character and true teamwork. The fact that he had RFK Jr on his team. And different groups getting on the MAGA bandwagon shows an ability to unify by actually addressing the concerns of Americans. Glorious.
Taking the Senate along with McConnell stepping down (I think he saw the writing on the wall) is going to make a huge difference as well.
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Second thought--the Left has a laundry list of reasons why they lost last night. It includes pretty much everything and everybody except for Harris herself. The fact that NO ONE cast a vote for her in the primaries and yet was still allowed to continue is still a mystery to me. I do wonder where that war chest will go as well... but that's for a different post on a different day.
Here's the thing that's most telling, and, to me, shows what a bullet we just dodged as a country (I mean there's a bunch of reasons, but this is a true measure).
She didn't show up to give a speech to her supporters last night.
All of those people who (for whatever reason) supported her and were waiting for her to tell them that even though it was a loss, their world is still going to be okay.
She bailed. Jammed. Took it on the lam. Called a lid. Was a no-show. Whatever.
And they were left with nothing. Ashes.
And it woke up some of her supporters.
Barbara Heineback, a former White House staffer and the first black press office employee for the First Lady's office, said she was disappointed with the Democrat.
'I am so disappointed and really insulted that I’m a Howard alum and that she didn’t have the decency to walk out and say to her, to her university, make a comment to the United States,' Heineback said. 'Things were not looking well for her. It wasn’t completely over.'
'I mean, it shows us how classless she actually is, a sore loser,' the former White House staffer continued. 'Even though it’s painful for her, for the Democrats, I think America might be relieved at recognizing and realizing they don’t have to put up with this any longer.'
I think this is pretty telling...