I'm absolutely convinced that the people who voted for Trump knew that he would cause harm...

[Mr. Scorpio]

But they believe that he will only cause harm to the people that they hate and fear.

It’s all based on a rage that’s detached from reality. The rule of the angry mob, a burning whitelash that’s been smoldering since the Obama term.

Once Republicans take over they’ll conveniently forget about all of the things that they’ve on Biden and Harris and continue to attack the weakest and most vulnerable people in our society. The cult will cheer them on.

And then the other shoe will drop, as the cult will find out that they were the targets all along. The cult will cheer in their own demise.

Welcome to white supremacy’s mob rule.

America only has itself to blame and perhaps it’s left up for the repercussions to pick up the pieces.

[JohnSJ]

1. I am glad I live in California. As far as I am concerned California is my country now, and trump isn't my president.

[Cha]

3. That's what I just saw on my phone..

a post from FB that stated..

trump is not my president

WE ARE FUCKED AMERICA.

[JohnSJ]

4. That is a pretty accurate summary.

[Cha]

6. Yeah, that Putin Puppet idiot in charge of

of the nukes and everything else.

[markie]

5. remembering

all the "not my president" photos, memes, etc. during GW's reign... someone yesterday said they would gladly trade for GW now... me, I want none of them.... I woke up at midnight still struggling to understand... I'm so sad and so angry at the same time

[Cha]

9. We're right there with you, markie.

Thank Goodness for DU & Family & Friends to help get us through this.

I hated bush.. I hate TSF even more.

[La Coliniere]

58. I second your hate

[LymphocyteLover]

31. I would love to move back there... in Indiana now. Ugh

[JohnSJ]

43. On social issues we are fortunate, but the main problem is things are too expensive, especially

with housing. A lot of first time home buyers are just priced out of the market, and that will only get worse under trump.

[jeffreyi]

47. There are rural parts

Where housing is more affordable. Red, though. But if you are a health care worker, name your price, rural areas are full of aging people who are steady customers.

[JohnSJ]

49. Yes, the San Joaquin Valley, and some other places, but even there compared to other places in the country, they are

still more expensive.

[LymphocyteLover]

48. yes...

[NJCher]

36. Hmmm, hadn't considered that POV

But being in NJ, I could do a version of it.

In thinking things over, I’ve kind of come to the same conclusions as Mr Scorpio. This nation is not what we liberals thought it was. It has a sizable contingent of mentally disturbed people who have elected the ideal leader for their ugly emotions.

Trump is ideal because he is incompetent. No matter how he tries to enact their plans, he will eff it up. Instead of it being about Project 25, it will be about him.

[JohnSJ]

44. I think all blue states can, at least to help them get through the next 2-4 years, hoping the midterms help us regain

some control.

[NJCher]

46. Yes, we can do a lot

I just really like the concept of Phil Murphy being my president.

[paleotn]

39. You're G7 for all practical purposes. Why not? Same feeling here in New England.

CA's economy is larger than France, Italy or Canada.

Let the garbage have the rotten middle. Our brothers and sisters there are welcome to move to where sanity reins. We'd be happy to have you all.

[enid602]

53. Putin

The break up of the US and the EU have been Purim’s wet dream. He’s subsidized most secession movements both here and in Europe.

[elleng]

2. TOO MANY people voted for him to conclude such, imo;

MANY truly ignorant/uninformed in the electorate to conclude ANYTHING about 'them' as a whole, imo.

[William Seger]

13. Yeah, it's sort of like the score of a basketball game

Some will attribute a narrow win to the player who scored the last point, and some to the player who scored the most points. The truth is, ALL the points count the same when you add them up.

[elleng]

14. Right

[Joinfortmill]

20. The 2 I know about: 1, a small business owner, believes everything FoxNews

spews out. The other is a doctor who thinks Donald is going to prevent WW3.

[elleng]

26. 2 interesting examples.

[markie]

7. sad to know there are so many of them

woke up with James Brown singing "It's a man's world" in my head... I do love James Brown's music....
however, played at trump's rally it was "It's a white man's world"

I am despondent

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. I will just leave this here...

Because of its wisdom.

[Joinfortmill]

21. Yup

[Karasu]

10. Of course.

"The leopards will never eat MY face!"

[moniss]

11. They were incensed at

having the word "garbage" applied to them but that is precisely what people are who vote to harm innocent people.

[NJCher]

38. Read it

Staggering.

That anyone could think like that is…staggering.

[COL Mustard]

15. A lot of people voted for him because of

What they see as his entertainment value. These are people who view government and governing as performance art. They don’t know or care how programs work, or what they do. They just want to be in every meeting to gum up the works.

[ailsagirl]

33. You would THINK

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that those people just might object to having their SS reduced by 20%. That's one of many things I don't understand.

Are they a cult? Are they brainwashed?

[COL Mustard]

45. When the cuts start to hit home

Maybe they'll realize he's not the end-all be-all they thought. Unfortunately we all may have to suffer through the next 4 years.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. correct because the goal is subjugation for all

in the service of oligarchs, domestic and foreign. The whole country is being enslaved by trickery and sleight-of-hand public relations tactics.

[Orrex]

17. Of course they did

Every fuckhead who voted for him is fully complicit in everything that follows.

[Irish_Dem]

18. The law will punish everyone else and protect them.

Sure.

[Boomerproud]

22. That's been the case so far.

Let's see if it continues.

[Irish_Dem]

25. A fascist leader will turn on anyone at a whim.

We shall see who is protected and not.

[kkmarie]

19. Exactly my thoughts Mr. Scorpio

I've been saying this for years. Their hate is what drives them. Their hate doesn't allow them to see that they will not be spared. One of the examples I like to use is caitlyn jenner. Just saw her post congratulating trumpfuck. And I wonder if she doesn't realize she's Trans and one of the things maga hates so very much. And I wonder which bathroom she uses? Are magas okay with caitlyn using the women's bathroom when in their view she is a man?

My very first post/reply. Been a lurker since 2004. This month became a star member.

[Joinfortmill]

23. Talk about cognitive dissonance.

[Evolve Dammit]

32. Good points. Welcome

[niyad]

35. Welcome officially to our DU family. Glad you finally came in from the cold.

[mwooldri]

24. I viewed Nov 5th in a big part as a morality test.

It would appear that too many people failed that test. Morals don't matter any more. The rule of law doesn't matter any more. Some people are above the law. Left me questioning my faith too. Voting for ideas antithetical to my understanding of the Bible, especially the teachings of one Nazarene son of a carpenter.

[doc03]

27. If he does what he says he will do on day one and crashes the economy

everyone even his MAGAs will become his enemies. Like James Carville says it's the economy stupid.

[Cosmocat]

40. I would posit

that anything negative that comes from this will be blamed on the evil liberal boogyman and be used to justify even further horrible and stupid things.

That would track with what got us here.

[The Wizard]

28. They don't believe

the fascist dictatorship applies to them because fat Hitler loves them.

[NJCher]

41. Right

Because he told them that.

The fact that everything he says is a lie didn’t enter into the equation.

[The Wizard]

55. Mel Brooks saw this coming

[Lovie777]

29. People will spend less this holiday season ...................

because of the terror of what will happen in 2025 and beyond.

[Montauk6]

30. Self-Delete

[JCMach1]

34. They will blame Biden and the Dems when the shoe drops

Back to your main point. It's a cult.

Logic doesn't apply.

[Cosmocat]

42. Correct, and thereby

used to justify even more horrible and crazy things.

That is the process that got us here.

[FailureToCommunicate]

37. Twas ever thus with racists, to paraphrase John

Wilkes Booth.
We have been visiting Civil War sites and the parallels to the division in our society, then and now, is striking and overwhelming.

[Jamastiene]

50. They thought they were special.

They are not. They will be collateral damage too. What's that saying about the Leopards Eating People's Faces party? They didn't think the leopard would eat their face, but they were wrong. That's MAGA, in a nutshell.

[claudette]

51. Of course

They want destruction. I despise them for this

[RockRaven]

52. Be ready to employ "this is what you voted for, you only have yourself to blame"

frequently over the next 4+ years when these same sick assholes whine about something which has befallen them because of TCF's policies/appointees.

[Basso8vb]

54. They are just as fucked as we are.

[moondust]

56. I suspect

this electorate would have elected Ted Bundy since he was a white guy. The messy details of character and policy didn't seem to matter much.

[Ruby the Liberal]

57. I'm ashamed about laughing at this

but there was a quote in my local paper that caught my breath last night.

A young man volunteered that he just graduated college this spring, so wasn't worried about his undocumented mother as she isn't one of the criminals they will be targeting.

God speed, friend.