The Herald-Dispatch
When Americans woke up Wednesday morning, they found themselves in a dystopian nightmare, where fascists had taken control of the federal government and had set about depriving them of their rights and their liberties.
Scratch that.
When Americans woke up Wednesday morning, they found they had reclaimed their homeland from the forces of evil. The border was secured, inflation was eliminated, and the nation’s enemies cowered in fear of what the new president will do.
Scratch that, too.
American voters made what they consider a course correction Tuesday. A majority was not pleased with the road President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and the leadership of the Democratic Party was taking them down. Maybe it was buyer’s remorse after the 2020 election. Former President Donald Trump — now President-elect Donald Trump — offers them the hope that the next four years will be better for them than the four years that are about to end.
Trump’s campaign was one of unforgettable images — the mugshot; the raised fist; McDonald’s; the garbage truck. Visually, he connected with working class voters who rely on their labor, not their Wall Street investments, for income. The court cases that tied him down last year provided the idea of a person targeted for elimination by the powers that be.
But Trump doesn’t have the kind of mandate he wanted.
