r/Political_Revolution • u/Miserable-Lizard • Nov 08 '24

Article An Anti-Trump protest in Chicago.

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u/Narrative_flapjacks Nov 09 '24

While true in some case, he is emboldened by the higher margins and winning the popular vote. We could have at least kept that

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u/Turisan Nov 09 '24

No, there was really no chance. Right wing pundits controls social media and every mainstream source only ever responds to Fox News instead of ever countering them.

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u/hujassman Nov 09 '24

The dems never really had any counterpoint to the firehose of BS from Fox and other places. This, coupled with the lack of any action from the DOJ to deal with the cancer from the previous four years, left us in a bad spot. The folks who decided not to show up to vote sealed the deal.

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u/Turisan Nov 09 '24

Why would they when they're told it doesn't matter and that Trump won't be held liable for his actions?

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u/hujassman Nov 09 '24

All we needed was a little crosswind from the left back in August.