True, but "conventional wisdom" thought they were sure to make bigger gains in the House and take the Senate too, so it seems we (i.e., the sane people) got off easy. You're right, it's frightening that American voters trust them, but IMO the apparent reasons for that trust are even more frightening. The big one is that an terrifying num…
True, but "conventional wisdom" thought they were sure to make bigger gains in the House and take the Senate too, so it seems we (i.e., the sane people) got off easy. You're right, it's frightening that American voters trust them, but IMO the apparent reasons for that trust are even more frightening. The big one is that an terrifying number of American voters believe the U.S. is supposed to be (and maybe once was?) a white Christian country. Maybe even worse is that the Supreme Court majority seems to agree with them.
True, but "conventional wisdom" thought they were sure to make bigger gains in the House and take the Senate too, so it seems we (i.e., the sane people) got off easy. You're right, it's frightening that American voters trust them, but IMO the apparent reasons for that trust are even more frightening. The big one is that an terrifying number of American voters believe the U.S. is supposed to be (and maybe once was?) a white Christian country. Maybe even worse is that the Supreme Court majority seems to agree with them.