Thread by @RheaBoydMD

I'm going to say something that might be hard to hear, but I'm going to say it anyway.

To those who continue to decry the thin margins in this election, you need to de-center whiteness in your analysis.

Brief thread.

These takes, that lament "how close this presidential race is" as some referendum on the nation and it's progress effectively ignore the populations for whom this election was not close at all.

Let's briefly review some of those groups.

Navajo Nation helped flip Arizona!

navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/el…

Or as @lennecefer put it:

Latinx voters!!

While some people continue to focus on the Latinx voters who voted GOP, LA Times quotes that 70% of Latinx voters, voted for Biden.

This absolutely contributed to important flips in states like Arizona. latimes.com/politics/story…

And obviously, BLACK VOTERS! You can't thank Stacey Abrams in one tweet and then talk about horribly thin margins in the next, as if the vast majority (upwards of 90%) of Black voters didn't vote democratic in 2020 (and 2016!).

Indigenous, Latinx, and Black voters have given this nation the thin possibly of victory, in the face of enormous odds, and an existential threat to democracy itself.

For us, this race WAS NOT CLOSE.

Correct your tweets accordingly. End.

Actually, I’m not done.

Black, Indigenous and Latinx populations were also disproportionately affected by the record job loss that occurred during the pandemic and have the highest rates of unemployment *pre-pandemic.*

Their votes are the referendum on the economy.

Black and Indigenous populations have the highest COVID mortality rate (more than 3x white Americans) of any racial or ethnic group. They are also the most underserved by our healthcare system.

Their votes are a referendum on the pandemic and healthcare access in the US.

Black, Indigenous and Latinx voters ARE the blue wave you were hoping for!!

WE ARE RIGHT HERE (and frankly we’ve been here).

We are the base. Build with us. Organize with us. Fund us. Stop ignoring us.