Trump's huge vote total breaks my heart. I recognize this America and I wish I did not [Opinion]

[In It to Win It]

This is going to be a scorched earth column, so buckle up.

Yes, former Vice President Joe Biden may squeak out a victory. But even if he does, we’ve been slapped with the heartbreaking reality that nearly half our country voted for President Donald Trump after spending four years watching him spew unbridled bigotry, engage in blatant corruption, and tell so many lies you’d need a magnifying glass to read the Washington Post's running list of false and misleading claims.

My best friend just called in disgust to say he did not recognize this country. Unfortunately, I do. It’s the same country that built itself largely on the backs of slaves who had their most basic human rights stolen and whose descendants, more than 150 years after emancipation, still carry the weight of the chains that held them down.

It’s the same country that closed its eyes to Matthew Shepard, beaten and broken and tied to a fence in rural Wyoming, where he was left to die … because he was gay.

And it’s the same country where you can see countless cell phone videos of people telling Latino Americans to speak English or "stay in Mexico" or “go back" to where they came from.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-huge-vote-total-breaks-081504467.html

[Chainfire]

1. I share your concerns

It is not just the 40% that I have been assuming that are riding the bigot train. Perhaps it is what happens when hate rules. If it makes you feel any better, the conservatives that I converse with are shocked that the election wasn't a Trump landslide.

[mitch96]

2. right, It kinda sorta drives me nuts to think half of this country wants a dictator in charge...

And "they" are not gonna stop with this orange asshole...
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[UCmeNdc]

3. Go back to plain old paper ballots and hand recounts.

They are manipulating the electronic voting systems. IMHO

[Blues Heron]

4. America is all about teams and violence

nothing at all surprising. It's indoctrinated into the populace at a young age. That's their team, their QB is a psycho, but he's powerful so they like him, like his taunts, like his violence.

[blm]

5. Wow. Every word coated in iron truth.

[spanone]

6. it's speaks volumes about America the Awful.

[nebby70]

7. That's why I'm crying...

... I had hopes, such hopes for the blue wave to 'prove' we are the country I like to think we are....
... but all I have are tears - because I'm forced to see clearly that my country is a lose collection of rather nasty folks.
... I'm sure I'll smile when Joe gets to 270; but I can't celebrate because it means the next 4 yrs will be so very hard.
... Perhaps I was living in a mist believing our own PR -- but we've so much work to do to repair our national soul.

Thank goodness for DU, it gives me hope that there's lots of us to do the work; and I couldn't survive without y'all.

[In It to Win It]

9. I think we did our job. We turned out as much as we could

What I didn’t expect was for GOP turnout to be as huge as it is. I didn’t expect Trump to outperform himself by such significant numbers.

[uponit7771]

8. Take Heart, Slayer Pete to the rescue (link)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214454932

[Chipper Chat]

10. Incumbency / economy

my indiana relatives speaking here: why should we change? They ignore the Dicktater's faults, hold their nose and pull the R lever. I hate them.