Progressives repeatedly warned center-right Democrats that Hillary Clinton was more likely to lose to Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders, that abandoning the progressive base to court Republicans (as Hillary did) was electoral suicide, and that the #BernieOrBust contingent would sit home on Election Day unless Hillary made significant concessions to the party’s leftist base. They were ignored and insulted and snubbed. Now, incredibly, center-right Democrats are blaming the progressives whose support they did everything to deride for Trump’s victory. If progressive support was important enough to cost Hillary the campaign, why didn’t she act like it?
Not That Strong
Many Americans, especially those who enthusiastically supported Hillary Clinton, are still shocked and devastated that Donald Trump defeated her in the electoral college and that he is about to become president within six weeks. What’s easy to forget is that this was an election between two extremely unpopular candidates. No matter who won, the result would’ve been bad.
Does a Presidential Tweet Fall in the Woods?
Even after winning the presidential election, Donald Trump continues to use Twitter to send out bizarre and threatening messages about anything that crosses his mind. He even threatened to take away citizenship from people who burn the American flag, even though the Supreme Court has ruled that this is speech protected by the First Amendment. Now many journalists are saying that these tweets shouldn’t necessarily be covered as serious news, even if they are spoken by a future President of the United States.