Every now and then I just pause and think that … we could have just elected Kamala Harris, and we’d still have an economy that was the strongest in the world; we’d still have an American-led trans-Atlantic order; we’d be assured that our universities would remain the envy of the world; … (1/x)
(2/x) … we wouldn’t be brutalizing and deporting our friends and neighbors for no reason whatsoever; we wouldn’t be turning the rest of the world against us for no reason whatsoever; we wouldn’t be emboldening some of the worst people in our country; …
(3/3) … we wouldn’t be emboldening some of the worst regimes around the world; and …
It’s just a lot to take in.
(4/3) We had the easiest fucking two-answer multiple-choice test in the history of tests, and we managed to fail it. It’s remarkable.
(5/3) If you’re replying to this to tell me that there’s One Magic Position that Harris could have taken on a particular issue of your choosing that would have won her the election, I’m blocking you, because, frankly, that’s both tedious and unsupportable by anything remotely resembling evidence.
(2/x) … we wouldn’t be brutalizing and deporting our friends and neighbors for no reason whatsoever; we wouldn’t be turning the rest of the world against us for no reason whatsoever; we wouldn’t be emboldening some of the worst people in our country; …
(3/3) … we wouldn’t be emboldening some of the worst regimes around the world; and …
It’s just a lot to take in.
(4/3) We had the easiest fucking two-answer multiple-choice test in the history of tests, and we managed to fail it. It’s remarkable.
(5/3) If you’re replying to this to tell me that there’s One Magic Position that Harris could have taken on a particular issue of your choosing that would have won her the election, I’m blocking you, because, frankly, that’s both tedious and unsupportable by anything remotely resembling evidence.