seeing the map light up red is genuinely so fucking scary and depressing. like, really, after YEARS of trumps crimes being public knowledge? his cruelty and villainy brought to light, screamed from rooftops, he was IMPEACHED for christ's sake, he tried organizing a COUP, he literally attempted to stop democracy in its tracks. what good reason is there to vote for him? theres none. not one. hes nothing but an incompetent, evil puppet for whatever organizations give him enough money. nothing about what he does is american. our country is rife with flaws and dishonesty, yes, but even the principles we claim to be founded on he doesn't even pretend to respect. our country was founded by people seeking asylum from tyranny, for fucks sake, and he aims to close borders to people doing just that. I could go on. kamala isn't great either, sure, but come on. if my queer, blended family and i are forced to flee, or worse, i blame each and every one of the spineless so-called leftists that clutched their pearls and abstained from voting on moral grounds. we need to have rights to fight for the rights of others. we have no chance if we are all branded pedophiles or terrorists and put in prisons or camps or deported. there is nothing that will be better for marginalized people if he takes office again, nothing at all. holding the line and keeping our office blue is the literal, actual, least we can do.