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Here. Right here is when it all went wrong.

hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/113

I'll admit I did not know that the effect on Black turnout would be this bad. I knew it was bad, but I significantly underestimated how bad. I didn't pay attention to it. I didn't know that the backslide in support continued.

Another miscalculation I made: I was pretty sure that the majority of white women would vote for Trump, and that white women's turnout would be high, but I did not anticipate how high. They showed up.

Hachyderm.iomekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)"Today, I am announcing that as president, I will create a bipartisan council of advisors to give feedback on policy and inform my administration. Our democracy needs a healthy two-party system." Kamala Harris, on Oct 11th, 2024. This statement is not aimed at Black voters, or at her base of white, Asian, and Hispanic voters. It's aimed at undecideds and swing voters. This statement will reduce the number of Black men that want to vote for her. The idea is that it will gain swing voters. 1/N
John Cutting

@mekkaokereke I spent all day yesterday driving Muslim people to the polls. The fact that they didn't know what Kamala would do about Gaza is a problem. The fact that Kamala's platform was to the right of Biden's campaign was a problem. The fact that that administration tried their damnedest to ignore the people who worked their butts off in 2020 to put them there was a problem.

@jcutting I suppose those that sat out the vote can consider Kamala well and truly punished for her sins. The question is what did they think would happen next?

I have a begrudging respect for Republicans' ability to pinch their noses and vote for Republican candidates whose platform they don't like. It works to get their agenda enacted eventually.

@jcutting @mekkaokereke

America's deep racism and misogyny is a worse problem.