It hasn’t been called yet, but we know it’s over. We can see the writing on the wall. He leads in all the battleground states. It will be a decisive victory.
Hillary Clinton has lost. I have lost. My women, gay, asian, black, disabled, latino, muslim, and otherwise marginalized friends…they’ve lost much more than I have. I’ve failed them. We’ve failed each other.
My wife cried tonight when it became clear what was happening. Real tears. I might have too, but I was numb. I still am. I don’t know what this means for the future. I fear so much of what I believe and have fought for will be stripped away.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again tonight…I’ve never been so diametrically and passionately opposed to a Republican nominee for president than I am for Donald Trump. That’s why this election hurts so badly, because the way he’s run his campaign and the feelings he’s tapped into and excited in this country are those that I am most afraid of. The feelings of fuck you. The feelings of anger and despair and rage that lead to racism and oppression. This is how it starts. I didn’t think it would come to this.
But here we are, and all I can hold onto is the possibility that I’ll be able to fight for what I believe in another day.
Tonight has been a crushing blow. It’s disheartening to see so much of my country put aside issues that are so important to me and vote for Donald Trump. Regardless of your view on how the federal government should or shouldn’t be allowed to run this country, everyone who voted for Trump today said they didn’t care about issues of sexual assault, racist fear-mongering, verbal and online bullying, and shutting down the free press. That transcends liberalism and conservatism…and it’s not “spin” just trying to make him look bad, these are all things that Trump has outright said himself. Everyone who voted for Trump today said all that shit, that steaming fuckpile of shit, didn’t matter to them as much as Trump being an “outsider” in DC.
The GOP will likely maintain control of the house and senate, and there’s currently a majority-appointment to be made for the Supreme Court with likely one or two more in the next 4-to-8 years…which means that my beliefs and ideals are in very real danger of being opposed by every branch of my country’s government…
…I don’t know what to do about that.
Tonight’s artwork is from Jerome Podwil. I was going to post something with Trump on it…but I decided not to. I think this piece is breathtaking.