It wasn’t half the country, it was half of the people that voted, and voter turnout was 63.7%. I am always annoyed by this particular argument because the republicans are doing so much to disenfranchise voters. They are wild unpopular, they are also wildly corrupt. Not that dems are better, mind you, but painting half the country as racist fascists is just plain wrong
This could be shortened to
This country doesn’t give a shit about doing anything good or right.
We successfully increase the price of oil, leading to mass adoption of renewable energy alternatives.
When half the country votes TWICE for permission to be overtly racist in public and kill people for the same reason…yeah, leave them behind.
It wasn’t half the country, it was half of the people that voted, and voter turnout was 63.7%. I am always annoyed by this particular argument because the republicans are doing so much to disenfranchise voters. They are wild unpopular, they are also wildly corrupt. Not that dems are better, mind you, but painting half the country as racist fascists is just plain wrong