2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We are doomed [View all]still_one
(92,655 posts)That 11 days before the election Comey sent a letter the republicans in congress which they promptly lied and said the email investigation was being reopened, and that MSNBC took that lie and propagated out as breaking news, reiterating it through a whole parade of right wing politicians, made a difference
That every other MSM outlet filled suit with the same lie, made a difference
That fake news from facebok and google exploited the lie, made a difference
There are a lot of folks to thank for trump, especially those self identified progressives who refused to vote for Hillary. They have no standing to complain, because they created this situation
Hillary and her supporters worked their hearts out. I know, I was one of them
Let me conclude with this fact:
Hillary lost Michigan by .3%. Jill Stein received 1.1% of the vote. Similar situation in Wisconsin and other places
Thanks for nothing progressives who refused to vote for Hillary, you have made life extremely precarious for women, people of color, gays, and quite possibly may have put civil rights, women's rights, labor rights, and the environment back at least 50 years