Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Pete: "Normalcy" got us where we are today. [View all]marylandblue
(12,344 posts)That's a separate conversation. And it's an interesting one, but that's not what this is about.
The point is that by all rights, Trump should have gotten 0 Republican votes and 0 Democratic votes. Something drove his campaign that isn't about Hillary, isn't about Comey and is only partly about Trump. There was something that Trump tapped into that neither party knew was there. But Trump either knew it, or got lucky. If we don't address it, even a Trump defeat won't save us. Even if he went to jail it will not save us. Other Trumps will come for us. Smoother, smarter, more dangerous Trumps. They will learn from his mistakes, tap into the same dark forces that he did, and succeed where he failed.
Whether you agree or disagree with the above, you should at least understand that it is Buttigieg's operating theory of his campaign, and it is the reason he criticized the return to normalcy line.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden