Thread by @sullivanamy

This is who America is:
• Two women become the first Muslim women in Congress
• Duncan Hunter wins reelection with a virulently Islamophobic campaign

•Colorado baker wins right to refuse service to gay customers
•Colorado elects nation's first openly-gay governor
/1

This is who America is:
• 2 Dems become 1st Native Americans elected to Congress
• N. Dakota's voter ID law suppresses 1000s of Native American votes

• Parkland (and the rest of FL) now has NRA-approved governor & senators
• A gun-control advocate won Newt's old district
/2

This is who America is:
• GA, KS, & others close/move polling places that impact people of color
• Women of color win key House races across the country

• White women flip all top positions in MI + 2 House seats
• White women overwhelmingly vote for Cruz, DeSantis, Kemp
/3

This is all who America is. We are not 2008 or 2016 or 2018. We are all of them.

It's a helluva thing & makes living in the same country a challenge. But better to recognize this truth and proceed from there than to pretend outcomes we don't like are somehow "not America." /4x

P.S. Mine is the pithy Twitter-sized version. @rtraister examines this at more length--and in more depth--today:
thecut.com/2018/11/the-ne…