Thread by @JuliusGoat

Biden's pitch to America was that Republicans would come around and stop being an existential threat to democracy and world peace when Trump was gone.

They didn't.

He must come up with a new plan for dealing with the existential threat that Republicans represent and enact it.

1) Yes, vote. Of course vote.

2) But this is a nonsense answer. We did vote. This is the time between. We get to expect things now. And it must be now b/c ...

3) A key component of the existential threat is the fact that the Republicans are PLANNING TO IGNORE ELECTION RESULTS.

People out there who seem to believe that "realism" equates to unquestioning satisfaction with any Democratic action exhibit an almost religious belief that everything they do is a part of a perfect strategy that always returns the best possible result.

I cannot relate.

We are in emergency. I don't want to negotiate about whether we drive off the cliff at 100mph or only 45mph.

I want somebody to grab the goddam wheel and turn it, hard, even though I understand that this course of action carries some risk.

That is a realistic expectation.

"Somebody grabbing the wheel and turning it hard is a very bad sign for a stable country."

Yeah. No shit. Also a bad sign for a stable country? Driving toward a cliff and arguing about how fast we should be going when we go off it.

You want realism? That's realism.