Mark Davis
Wed, November 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM EST·5 min read
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As Donald Trump prepares to return to the presidency, I balance my obvious satisfaction against the still-fresh memories of what it’s like to lose. After all, my candidate did not prevail in three of the last four elections.
On those occasions, I spent time commiserating with fellow conservatives in search of silver linings and occasions for optimism. I’m not sure how that process plays out across liberal America as the Kamala Harris campaign post-mortems begin, but in my crowded post-election mind and heart, I find a variety of things I sincerely want to offer to people who voted for her.
Our votes are always a combination of two sentiments — our hope to see one candidate win and a desire to stop the opposition. So, what can I possibly offer to people who wanted a wholly different result because they see things in a wholly different way?
In these polarized times, I can’t say the following will amount to anything resembling comfort, but perhaps it will pass for an invitation toward clarity, so that we might address our differences with more honesty and goodwill.
My first offer of good news is to assure Democrats that many of the horrific things your side said about Donald Trump are staggeringly false. The horrors you were told to expect by many media outlets and candidates will not be coming to pass.
Trump is in fact not Hitler. There will be no dictatorship, even on day one. (He said that as a joke, by the way, an occasion to remind us that we should rediscover our sense of humor.)
Democracy is not in danger. It never has been. Trump’s objections to a questionable 2020 result did not imperil the nation. Nor did the Capitol rioters, whom he did not incite, and who were ultimately and properly quelled. The daily drumbeat that Kamala Harris losing opens a door to fascism is a smear that now lies on the ash heap.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-t-panic-democrats-few-210540618.html
