NCRM has a nice overview of the off-year and special elections this week:
I don't think it's just that voters rejected Trump -- he's more of a catalyst, I think. Voters are finally waking up to what's been happening for the past ten to fifteen years: out-of-control police, immigrant bashing, attacks on the civil rights of minorities, especially LGBTs, from the "religious" right, unbelievable numbers of shootings, flagrant disregard of the rule of law (can you say "Roy Moore"?), white supremacists and neo-Nazis crawling out from under their rocks, the whole complex of anti-Americanism disguised as "patriotism". Trump just crystalized it: these are, after all, his supporters, and no matter how distressing their recent victories, we just have to keep in mind that they are the minority.
It just took those who actually do value American ideals to get off their asses and vote.
My favorite item among these is this one:
Trump's reaction is only to be expected:
That's somewhere beyond denial.
Tuesday night Democrats swept the nation. It's hard to find races where Republicans beat Democrats.
The real story is not just that voters repudiated Donald Trump, the real story is that voters saw Trump, Trumpism, white supremacy, Neo-Nazism, anti-Islamic hate, homophobia, transphobia, "economic nationalism," anti-immigrant hysteria, the threat of tens of millions losing healthcare while the billionaire club gets richer by first breaking then re-writing the rules, and they said "No."
I don't think it's just that voters rejected Trump -- he's more of a catalyst, I think. Voters are finally waking up to what's been happening for the past ten to fifteen years: out-of-control police, immigrant bashing, attacks on the civil rights of minorities, especially LGBTs, from the "religious" right, unbelievable numbers of shootings, flagrant disregard of the rule of law (can you say "Roy Moore"?), white supremacists and neo-Nazis crawling out from under their rocks, the whole complex of anti-Americanism disguised as "patriotism". Trump just crystalized it: these are, after all, his supporters, and no matter how distressing their recent victories, we just have to keep in mind that they are the minority.
It just took those who actually do value American ideals to get off their asses and vote.
My favorite item among these is this one:
And in one of the best stories of the night, also in Virginia, Danica Roem became the first openly transgender candidate to be elected a state legislator.
It gets even better. She ran against a virulent anti-LGBT lawmaker who wrote the state's anti-trans "bathroom bill." Delegate Bob Marshall for decades has been targeting and attacking the LGBT community. This is what justice looks like.
Trump's reaction is only to be expected:
Congratulations to all of the ”DEPLORABLES” and the millions of people who gave us a MASSIVE (304-227) Electoral College landslide victory! pic.twitter.com/7ifv5gT7Ur— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2017
That's somewhere beyond denial.
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