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the_pika posted...

you have more faith in people than I do. I think he won because of it. You think he won despite of it. I hope youre right, my friend

Trump got elected by appealing to bigots. (And because Hillary Clinton would have lost a popularity contest to Elizabeth Bathory.) But I think there are a lot of voters who, if confronted with Trump's bigotry, would not fully believe it. "You always say that everything is racist." "He's not racist. He's just not an eloquent speaker," etc. For what it's worth, I haven't heard of too many people turning against Trump over mounting evidence of his bigotry. During the 2016 election, I think the danger Trump posed wasn't real to a lot of people. In the 2020 election, everyone knew what they were dealing with and the turnout to fight him was more pronounced.

When DeSantis runs next year, everyone needs to know what they're voting for and what they're voting against. Nobody should be able to start an argument, "He's not racist. He's just..." Everyone should know the kind of man he is and, for those of us who oppose racism, the need to prevent him from becoming president. If nothing else, Republicans might vote in favor of whoever runs against DeSantis in the primaries for fear that his open racism might lessen their collective chances of victory.