Democrats, before you commiserate any more in disbelief over how America could elect someone so irredeemable, you would best be served by taking a hard look in the mirror. It's not him. It's you. 🧵 From your comfortable coastal and urban bubbles of like thinkers, you view fully half the nation with contempt and mockery. You and your institutions are right, they are wrong. To the point where you freely lie to them and hide behind the cloak of supposed "expertise."...

A realization has been weighing on my mind lately: As we in America emerge from the pandemic, our traditional geographical/cultural alignments are, and will, prove a significant psychological hurdle we need to clear as we return to normal. Thread upcoming... (1/) First off, others can continue to debate the wisdom of lockdown policies and mask mandates if they wish. Me, personally, I'm done with those serious debates. Not because I am tired of them (though I certainly am), but because they are no longer serious debates. It's over. (2/)