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I'd been preparing for the possibility that he might squeak by, but winning the popular vote?

Posted by Dignan (aka Dignan) Nov 6 '24, 07:14

I would have bet everything against that happening.

The only bright side is that I can't imagine (ha) there won't be a monumental blue tsunami in the midterms as a response to the next two years of pure corruption.

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I'm on the edge of saying there was mass cheating. Disenfranchisement. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:17 23
- Since the majority of my Latino family voted for him I’ll offer their reasoning but it involves blame on liberals so don’t read if that may upset you - Dawson Nov 6, 07:36 1
  - Nm -- nm* - zunk takes things literally Nov 6, 07:50
- That has crossed my mind the last 6 weeks when it seemed he didn't care what he did or said. It came off to me that he knew the fix was in. If they - zunk takes things literally Nov 6, 07:35
- That exists, but when latino men shift by 33% that's a dramatic change. -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 07:22 12
  - I really thought that above all, we were a racist country. Turns out, that's secondary to sexist. Men of all races are scared of women. - Turd Ferguson Nov 6, 07:24 3
    - But yeah, this is what's blowing my mind. They'd rather deport their mother than vote for a woman. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:25 1
      - r/LeopardsAteMyFace is in for a boom cycle. nm - Dignan Nov 6, 07:29
    - I don't understand why the women didn't come out. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:24
  - That's straight up misogyny. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:23 7
    - Definitely, but that didn't happen with Hillary. - Inigo Nov 6, 07:27 3
      - See? that's not entirely what I'm saying. I'm saying that women's health and women's rights being at the forefront of this election brought out the - Turd Ferguson Nov 6, 07:30
      - What was latino support for Obama like? -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:28 1
        
        Huge enough to win Florida both times, and have Dems think that Texas might turn purple. -- nm - Inigo Nov 6, 07:32
    - Which also seems rampant among younger men/boys. It's so disappointing. -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 07:26
    - And a healthy dose of racism, unfortunately. nm - Dignan Nov 6, 07:25 1
      - So racism is strong enough to vote for a guy who hates YOU. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:26
- I mean, sure, but too many previously blue demographics broke for Trump. nm - Dignan Nov 6, 07:20 6
  - (Latinos especially.) nm - Dignan Nov 6, 07:21 5
    - Yeah, this is insane to me. He hates them even if they're legal. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:23
    - I heard AOC say that one in 15 households in the US has an undocumented member. most of those latino. like wtf you just voted for your mom to be - amandachem Nov 6, 07:23 3
      - See also: Arab counties breaking for Trump. - Dignan Nov 6, 07:27 1
        
        Well, they know he’s feckless and they can bribe him … they got cash. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 07:32
      - Exactly. Probably multiple members. And Trump will find ways to make legal immigrants illegal. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 07:24
it's unfathomable. -- nm - amandachem Nov 6, 07:15 1
- The Jets are 12-1 and I've never felt worse. It's obscene. nm - Dignan Nov 6, 07:19

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