There’s a lot of incredulity this week from Democratic partisans, and a lot of fury and contempt directed not only at Republicans but at the voters. Why did people vote for Donald Trump again, knowing everything we know about him? Why didn’t Republicans stop him from being nominated again?
That sort of thing has been pervasive since Tuesday night, especially in the “Resistance” corner. Jennifer Rubin in the Washington Post seethed, “Americans have no one to blame but themselves. Felon and President-elect Donald Trump did not conceal who he was. He did not hide his racism, misogyny, willful ignorance, cruelty or contempt for democracy. At some point, we must acknowledge that our fellow Americans voted for him because of those qualities, not despite them.” Tom Nichols in the Atlantic raged that “those responsible will include not only Trump voters but also easily gulled Americans who didn’t vote or who voted for independent or third-party candidates because of their own selfish peeves.” MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough blamed “misogyny . . . from Hispanic men . . . from black men, who do not want a woman leading them . . . it might be race issues. . . . A lot of Hispanic voters have problems with black candidates.”
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