We were warned.

[Swede]

Hilary Clinton in 2016 - “Americans aren’t just electing a president in November, we’re choosing our next commander in chief, the person we count on to decide questions of war and peace, life and death,” Clinton said. “And like many across our country and around the world, I believe the person the Republicans have nominated for president cannot do the job.”
“The stakes in global statecraft are infinitely higher and complex than the world of luxury hotels. We all know the tools Donald Trump brings to the table: bragging, mocking, composing nasty tweets. I’m willing to bet he’s writing a few right now,” the former secretary of state said. “But those tools won’t do the trick. Rather than solving global crises, he would create new ones.”

[spanone]

1. K&R

Yes we were.

[progressoid]

2. Millions voted for him BECAUSE of that.

That's the depressing part.

[Moostache]

26. Those same millions must be made to pay the price for this mess as well.

I am 100% in favor or partitioning the nation to allow for all of the MAGA crowd to move onto reservations in Montana, Wyoming, a newly combined Dakota and Idaho. I would grant Canada and the remaining United States a 15-mile wide internationally patrolling barrier between the borders of this Neo-Confederate State of Trumplandia to prevent any of them from ever leaving. I would also install 24/7/365 cameras along the border with drones that carry rules of engagement to eliminate border jumpers with extreme prejudice.

Then I would provide them all with textbooks that detail in chapter and verse every single lie they willingly swallowed to assuage their internal hate and racism to support that fucking disgrace. After 25 years, we would then allow for emigration from Trumplandia to other nations willing to accept their dishonor but no right of return to the United States or Canada would EVER be allowed. Fuck them all.

[NotHardly]

3. Prescient & she told the truth

[Grim Chieftain]

4. It was an election of good vs. evil

Evil won.

[BeneteauBum]

5. Remember Mary Trump's warning

The more the orange menace is backed into a corner, the more unhinged he becomes.
Peace ☮️

[oasis]

6. When will zombie brained folks finally wake up?

[haele]

10. They view their ignorance like a security blanket...

It makes their world soft, warm, manageable, and happy.
And they will do anything, make any bargain, to be able to be assured "Don't worry about responsibility - just keep playing with your toys and Daddy will take care of all those problems for you..."
They fight waking up.
They don't want to share resources, to live in a complex real world with real problems along with other real people who have their real problems to deal with, too.

[GiqueCee]

20. As haele...

... so clearly and eloquently expressed... NEVER. They wallow in their self-inflicted ignorance, and are loathe to admit that they are the root of the problem. They voted for this evil monster, and now they own him, whether they like it or not.

[Clouds Passing]

23. They may never wake up. Their brains are poisoned beyond repair. "Woke" is an evil thing to them.

Just try to ponder this for a second being awake and aware is evil to them. Much head shaking in disbelief 🫨

[Deuxcents]

7. We were warned more than once by more than one and yet..here we are

[Joinfortmill]

8. We could have had them, but no, of course not. Insufferable.

[red dog 1]

9. K&R

HRC & Kamala were absolutely right!

Especially this Kamala Harris" quote from the OP:
"This is someone who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance, and out for unchecked power."

It's true; "we were warned."

[Martin Eden]

11. Hillary and Kamala warned voters

But too many didn't listen.

[Tree Lady]

12. Americans have become so used to fake news

And lies and Trump saying just kidding a lot of people don’t believe or want to believe what is really happening. It’s like millions are in a state of denial.

Especially true for those who voted for Trump but are not crazy zealots for him, people who voted because they wanted immigration fixed or maybe hated abortion, they are trying vainly to come up with reasons why this isn’t really bad. So they listen to rightwing news or podcasts or people online explaining why it’s ok and even though they have a thought deep inside saying it’s not right they fight that thought like a person staying in a marriage when they know it’s bad.

[calimary]

14. ...like Pox Noise.

And what really stinks is how, by now, too many of our fellow citizens take it all for granted. And remain in denial about 1) how bad things are and 2) how many people are adversely affected.

[betsuni]

13. The magic insult-label ESTABLISHMENT stamped on great Democrats like Harris and Clinton just keeps on giving.

Giving us Republicans, selling a phony revolution whose leaders despise Democrats to the common sense and knowledge challenged authoritarian-curious.

[Cha]

18. Right? I hate that word "Establishment" like it's

suppose to be some kind of Insult to Well Accomplished, Qualified, Brilliant Leaders. like VP Kamala Harris and SOS Hillary Clinton were.

Any candidate that throws that buzz word out there to Divide us is automatically Not getting my vote or donations.

TY

[EllieBC]

15. Most of us here heeded that warning. And voted.

The ones who chose to not vote? Just as bad as those who voted for Trump.

[W_HAMILTON]

16. Fuck anyone and everyone that didn't support and vote for these two.

[Cha]

17. VP Kamala Harris was SO Dead On.. she

knew Things and communicated them So Well.

And SO DID Hillary!

But No Too Many Got SUCKED IN BY LIES.

I bet there are many Traitor Suckers who Wished they Had listened to Both of them NOW!

[evolves]

19. Cassandra.

Always tells the truth.
Is never believed.

[BComplex]

21. She was the first woman president.

I stand by what I've said before: the 2024 election stunk to high heavens. All the silicon valley/Elon musk hackers and their russian backers did their thing.

In all my years on this planet, I've never seen such an election.

[PunkinPi]

22. Yes, indeed. K&R nt

[ChicagoTeamster]

24. Richard Branson warned us of the same thing. He dined with Trump in 2016 and reported Trump only talked about revenge.

[MineralMan]

25. But Kamala Blah, Blah, Blah...

As with Hillary Clinton, a lot of people "just didn't like her," so they voted third party or stayed home. So, once again, the worst possible candidate ever got elected.

Sometimes, we are not so bright, it seems.

[Gum Logger]

32. We need to take stock of past mistakes

The Raygun Amnesty was deceitful

The big NAFTA sucking sound

Selling America down the river to China

There was a critical path that needed to be followed

[Nixie]

27. They must have seen evidence in classified briefings that supports

these precise predictions. They have seen the proof about him and it’s shocking.

I’ve always been a little surprised that there haven’t been more leaks about trump being a traitor and all around vulgar degenerate. They fabricate enough about Democrats to leak, but Trump had a fax machine to Russia in trump towers … no big deal.

[tonekat]

28. The die was cast Jan 6th

After watching the traitors rioting for the first hour, with no resistance except that from the outnumbered Capitol Police, I was hoping people would pour out of office buildings and defend democracy.

Nope.

The right took note; "They are not willing to fight back!!"

And this guides the current reality, with ICE killing us without fear of retribution.

[Stargazer99]

29. I feel a lot of males could not handle a woman president-weak males

[maxsolomon]

30. Not sure DU needed a reminder.

nt

[Evolve Dammit]

31. Truth

[Sneederbunk]

33. And it's a long list.