Thread by @kgosztola

The Democratic Party, along with liberal celebrities, media corporations, and polling firms, did it again. Maybe not quite a repeat of 2016 but unbearably close. #Election2020

Democrats and the most congenial news media money could buy sold us all the "safe" and most "electable" candidate, and they seem likely to lose to Trump again. #Election2020

A deadly virus has ravaged United States for past six or seven months, killing around 235,000 Americans so far. #Election2020

Ahead of the election, Trump failed and Republicans flat-out refused to pass another stimulus deal that could help working Americans suffering during this pandemic. #Election2020

Both Trump and Republicans prioritized installing a right-wing religious ideologue to the Supreme Court, who may further dismantle what we commonly refer to as Obamacare and significantly escalate attacks on abortion rights for women. #Election2020

Yet, somehow, with record turnout across the country, that candidate, Joe Biden, and his running mate, Kamala Harris, and all Democratic operatives in this country could not engineer a decisive victory over Trump. #Election2020

The Democratic Party is such an embarrassment. Millions entrusted them with saving them from great harm that will be done by a second term of Trump administration. #Election2020

Let the neoliberal rot at the core of the Democratic Party finally kill this pathetic excuse for an opposition party. May something new that is more in touch with humanity rise in its place. #Election2020

I look at Bolivia, where Trump admin tried to impose a coup regime led by right-wing religious fanatic. They mobilized against far greater threats and defeated this regime at the polls. #Election2020

We always need action tied to demands directed at politicians—in both parties—in order to defend communities and force change. But with this result, we need that even more to salvage this country. #Election2020

I am ashamed to be part of U.S. media. We all got this so very wrong. Biden was reported to be ahead in polls in the "Blue Wall" (Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania) that were all he needed to end Trump's reign. #Election2020

We were lulled into believing that Democrats were in good position to win, even though experiences from the primary yet again indicated the political establishment boosted a terribly flawed candidate. #Election2020

I realize with mail-in ballots, absentee ballots, ballots from voting in person, etc, this is far more complicated than prior elections due to COVID-19 - a crisis I thought Biden would be able to harness to greater political advantage. #Election2020

It is more up in the air than 2016. Yet, this did not have to be this way, and I have to laugh to keep from crying. #Election2020

We should have no illusions. This is a new circle of hell. That "blue wave" that would give Democrats control of both House and Senate did not apparently come. #Election2020

Turn off CNN. Turn off MSNBC. Close the New York Times website, especially the page with those damn needles. Don't let them suck you into another narrative that will leave you distraught and traumatized when it unravels. #Election2020

Even if Biden somehow achieves a narrow victory, we need to convince people to stop being so polite with Democrats. #Election2020

Establishment Democrats may not be mean and try to hurt people as much as Republicans do, but they sure as hell aren't doing much to save us. #Election2020

From Biden to Clinton to Obama to Pelosi to Schumer, they're all far too comfortable with being losing political party because it means they can fundraise off our anxiety and fear every two to four years and never take any responsibility. In fact, we get blamed. #Election2020