2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Are Ultra Progressives Responsible for Trumps Victory? [View all]CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)I'm not going to blame the Republicans - they nominated Donald Trump and got him elected - that what they set out to do and that's what they did.
I am not going to blame the majority of the voters - they exercised their constitutional rights and and weren't stupid enough to throw their vote away on a third party candidate. Besides Hillary won the popular vote by 1 Million to 2 Million votes, so who are you to say that she wasn't the right candidate.
I am not even blaming the tin head liberals that were stupid enough to throw their vote away on a candidate who was totally unqualified to be be President of the United State and didn't have snow ball's chance in hell of getting elected.
The article simple points out that in three critical states - Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania - Trump won the Presidency by razor thin margins. The liberal idiots who voted for Stein and those progressives who sat home and didn't vote for reasons of conscience in those states were very likely were the difference and now they they will have to face the fact that the candidate who most opposes their basic values has become President because they chose not to try and stop him.
Now because of their "it's all about me and liberal values" mindset, millions of people who can least afford it, those who we progressives are supposed to protect, will have to endure at least four years Trump as he destroys all of the progress we have made on health care, the environment, global warming, etc., etc. And you know what, they are probably have the resources such that Trump's terror will have little affect on them. In other words, they can afford to be selfish.