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TwilightZone

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2. Some of us stopped in 2016.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2024, 02:18 PM

Nov 7

It was clear in the primary process in the 2016 cycle that he was tapping into deep-seated resentment and bigotry in the populace. The 2016 campaign destroyed any thoughts we might have had about how far we had come as a country.

As for who "we" are. He is who about half of us are. The other half is still quite opposed, thank you very much.

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