I understand the passion people feel for their chosen candidates. I do. And I fully understand wanting to be *inspired* by the people you support. But this trial is making something clear as day, that all democrats have to both understand and reckon with...
There are probably 25 Republican senators who hate Trump's fucking guts. They're repulsed by him, and think he's terrible for his country. And they are all -- *every one of them* -- fighting for him. Because him being in power helps them engender the country they want to see.
Republicans *lock it down* when they are consolidating power. The do not step out of line. That's why screaming weeping buffoon Bret Kavanaugh has a lifetime on SCOTUS to repeal Roe, and why Trump is going to be acquitted, and why Amazon pays no taxes. They lock. It. Down.
So fight for your candidate. Do everything you can to get him or her elected. And if your person doesn't make it to the end, fight for the next candidate. And then the next, and the next, until you're fighting as hard as you can for the nominee.
I'm begging you: do what the Republicans do. Gripe privately, support publicly and unconditionally. Grit your teeth, scream into a pillow, and help a democrat win. Four more years of this and the country may never recover.
