Going into election night I was expecting enormous turnout for Trump and a red wave sweeping the nation, but over the course of the night what I saw coming in was a closely-contested nail biter. I stayed up until 2am and went to bed seeing a respectable Trump lead in the remaining critical states.
I woke up on November 4th to the news that all those states had swung to Biden (or were expected to) because of continued vote counting late through the night. I despaired. It looked like we lost the election. It was just a matter of time before they called it and Biden gave an acceptance speech. I comiserated with friends and family, saying stuff like "it will be alright, four years of Trump is better than nothing, we survived Clinton, Bush, and Obama so we can survive Biden/Harris, etc". I made peace with the loss and rationalized it as best I could.
In short, I got tired of winning.
Later that day, I got back onto TheDonald.win. I looked at the posts. I saw the Trump tweets. I heard the statements from Rush and others. And just like that it was like I woke up from a nightmare.
TRUMP CALLED THIS EXACT SCENARIO OUT OVER AND OVER.
WE DID NOT LOSE. WE WON.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL IT AFTER THE FACT.
WE WILL PROVE IT.
THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE WAY TRUMP COULD GET MORE VOTES THAN LAST ELECTION AND LOSE.
THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE WAY A FUCKING POTATO LIKE BIDEN COULD GET MORE VOTES THAN OBAMA '08.
I deeply apologize for my brief crisis of faith. It is easy to forget that everyone is susceptible to media influence. Their tools are potent, and I was momentarily affected, but no longer. I AM NOT TIRED OF WINNING, AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR THE VICTORY WE'VE ALREADY ACHIEVED.
Going into election night I was expecting enormous turnout for Trump and a red wave sweeping the nation, but over the course of the night what I saw coming in was a closely-contested nail biter. I stayed up until 2am and went to bed seeing a respectable Trump lead in the remaining critical states.
I woke up on November 4th to the news that all those states had swung to Biden (or were expected to) because of continued vote counting late through the night. I despaired. It looked like we lost the election. It was just a matter of time before they called it and Biden gave an acceptance speech. I comiserated with friends and family, saying stuff like "it will be alright, four years of Trump is better than nothing, we survived Clinton, Bush, and Obama so we can survive Biden/Harris, etc". I made peace with the loss and rationalized it as best I could.
In short, I got tired of winning.
Later that day, I got back onto TheDonald.win. I looked at the posts. I saw the Trump tweets. I heard the statements from Rush and others. And just like that it was like I woke up from a nightmare.
TRUMP CALLED THIS EXACT SCENARIO OUT OVER AND OVER.
WE DID NOT LOSE. WE WON.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL IT AFTER THE FACT.
WE WILL PROVE IT.
THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE WAY TRUMP COULD GET MORE VOTES THAN LAST ELECTION AND LOSE.
THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE WAY A FUCKING POTATO LIKE BIDEN COULD GET MORE VOTES THAN OBAMA '08.
I deeply apologize for my brief crisis of faith. It is easy to forget that everyone is susceptible to media influence. Their tools are potent, and I was momentarily affected, but no longer. **I AM NOT TIRED OF WINNING, AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR THE VICTORY WE'VE ALREADY ACHIEVED.**