In the end I think it really helped the Republican party, though. Gay marriage was the dems #1 talking point for years, and after the SCOTUS ruling they got a lot weirder. They immediately moved on to pushing trans rights and shared bathrooms, and when that proved less popular they moved to open borders and socialism. Ever since they lost gay marriage they haven't had a popular cause.
The affordable care act was maybe a gift in disguise, too. It was so poorly executed that most people hated it. Premiums shot up, and nobody likes being threatened with a fine for not having expensive unnecessary insurance.
Look at them now. They are saying we need to elect them so they can impose more draconian lockdowns nation-wide. Hardly something that would excite the average voter.
In the end I think it really helped the Republican party, though. Gay marriage was the dems #1 talking point for years, and after the SCOTUS ruling they got a lot weirder. They immediately moved on to pushing trans rights and shared bathrooms, and when that proved less popular they moved to open borders and socialism. Ever since they lost gay marriage they haven't had a popular cause.
The affordable care act was maybe a gift in disguise, too. It was so poorly executed that most people hated it. Premiums shot up, and nobody likes being threatened with a fine for not having expensive unnecessary insurance.
Look at them now. They are saying we need to elect them so they can impose more draconian lockdowns nation-wide. Hardly something that would excite the average voter.