Welcome to our nightmare

 

Say goodbye?

When people start playing political Chicken Little ("The sky is falling! The sky is falling") it's not so much that I don't believe them, it's that I generally consider their worries to be the worst case scenario and more often than not political outcomes in our country fall short of the worst possible scenario.  The election of Donald Trump was a disaster, but we voted him out in four years, and while there was far too much needless suffering due to Trump's incompetence and far too much cruelty thanks to the MAGA cult, we did avoid drifting into a dystopian dictatorship and at least have some hope for the future.  As bad as it was, it really could have been worse (especially if Trump had been even remotely competent).

When it comes to the 2022 midterm elections, though, I have a sick feeling that if Democrats fail to hold the House and the Senate come the 2024 Presidential Election American Democracy as we have known it for more than two centuries will cease to exist.  I have no doubts that if republicans control Congress, Joe Biden could carry every state in the Electoral College and republicans will nullify it and install whatever dimwit wins their nomination for President.  They do not care about the American people; they only care about keeping old white men in power.

On the bright side, it does appear that republicans may be overplaying their hand with regard to Donald Trump carrying them to victory in 2022--he might not be quite as popular overall (especially in swing districts, with Biden carrying a 54% approval to Trump's 42%) as they believe, and their continuing to lose voters in the suburbs doesn't bode well for both near term and long term success.

Nonetheless, it will be vital to treat the midterm elections as being every bit the existential threat that the reelection campaign of Donald Trump was in 2020.  Once again we will need to vote as if the very existence of America depends on defeating the fascist forces on the right.

Because it most assuredly will.

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Peace,

emaycee