THE OTHER SIDE: Voters of color saved America

Perhaps you imagined a new beginning, the long-overdue coming together of the red and the blue to make life better for all of us. After all, that was, I imagined, the most sensible of reactions to the overwhelming message the voters sent to Donald Trump and his MAGA enablers. And, certainly, given a paucity of good alternatives, it seemed to me the wisest course for those Republicans who were spared for the moment, especially those lucky ones who weren’t up for reelection this year and those who escaped this wave but remain vulnerable. Sadly, it didn’t take long to realize that the several critical “Rs” I had hoped we would witness—remorse, repudiation, responsibility, and reconciliation—were not in the cards. And why not? Because far more potent, far more reprehensible “Rs” have developed deep roots in MAGA-land and remain adamant. And so, remorse and responsibility have little chance of prevailing when racism, revenge, and retribution have become second nature.

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