• @Railcar8095@lemm.ee
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      393 days ago

      I think Trump’s strategy was “I’m going to sound so crazy every Democrat will assume I’ll lose and don’t bother voting”.

      And it worked.

      TWICE

      • @Fedizen@lemmy.world
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        193 days ago

        both times dem consultants took the bait and courted republicans. Though this is the first time right wing immigration policies were pushed by the democrat.

      • Ricky Rigatoni
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        83 days ago

        That’s how it was for me except I did vote. But I was so confident we had it in the bag.

      • JaggedRobotPubes
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        73 days ago

        Well, at a certain point, “just don’t be that big a dumbass” has to happen because things really can’t stay together otherwise. Assuming he couldn’t win is a perfectly sensible assumption. You can lead 73 million horses to water but you can’t make them drink.

    • fadingembers
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      43 days ago

      They were protesting before the election. You just weren’t paying attention