Thread by @AhmedBaba_

I think people who are acting like the fact this race is close (electorally, not in the popular vote) because Dems failed to reach out to certain voters are underestimating the fact Trumpism is built entirely on disinformation & grievance.

There are bigger issues here to tackle.

Biden spoke to working families and struggling Americans. Trump's closing message was that COVID is over, Black people will invade your suburbs, & we should lock up his enemies.

Don't tell me this is a messaging issue. This is a cultural problem of warring values and realities.

We critique campaigns but dodge the uncomfortable fact that America has a crisis of decency & critical thinking.

We have a giant empathy gap and a shameless propaganda machine that upholds a fake, dark version of reality.

THAT is the problem. The question is how do we fix it?

America is at its greatest when we recognize our original sins and strive to live up to our stated ideals.

That capacity for growth is American exceptionalism. That's when we're most respected globally.

When nearly half the country denies sins are sins, that's when we regress.

The fact that so many Americans weren't immediately repulsed by Donald Trump from the moment he announced his run in 2015 and he won more voters in 2020 after shrugging off the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans, his negligence caused, points to a much deeper issue.

All that said, a clear majority of Americans overcame wild voter suppression and delivered Biden the most votes of any presidential candidate in American history and rejected Donald Trump. So take some hope from that.