It would be an understatement to simply say we’re all reeling from last week’s election.
Ironically, in a nation where only 1.2 percent of the population are actual “real Americans” who are natives to this country, a swath of angry, non-native voters, with the intention of “taking their country back” (from whom is still a mystery) chose to pull the proverbial lever for a self-serving, authoritarian, demagogic, misogynistic, race-baiting, ego-maniacal, predatory, pathological liar.
Thanks to the 46,000 (and counting!) folks donating to Planned Parenthood in Mike Pence’s name.
The fact that hate speech and fear-mongering triumphed is truly frightening and demoralizing.
Most disappointing to many of us is the stunning betrayal we are realizing has been perpetrated by white female voters — 53 percent of whom voted for Donald Trump. #InsertFrownyFaceEmojiHere
Sorry to shatter your dream of a sisterhood! White ladies decided not to support a woman who has a long and storied history of advocating for children, affordable health care, equal pay, family leave, and women’s health and reproductive rights. Sadly, a majority of white women proved they would rather cast a vote for an openly cruel and vindictive man who doesn’t care about consent or gender equality, and publicly assigns and strips women of their value and humanity solely based on their appearance, and bullies female journalists and other women in the public sphere for his own entertainment.
Oh, and he blatantly and outlandishly lies about abortion. A procedure that one in three women has undergone.
Fairly certainly from a statistical standpoint, many of them were Trump voters.
I guess his statement that women who have abortions should be “punished” didn’t bother them.
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