Why Harris voters should 'hold on to the anger' spurred by a second Trump presidency

07 Nov 2024, 03:01 by https://www.facebook.com/17108852506 · AlterNet

Vice President Kamala Harris, Image via Shutterstock. Donald Trump, Image via Shutterstock.
Maya Boddie
November 07, 2024Bank

In a op-ed published Wednesday, Slate correspondent Justin Peters encourages Americans to who voted for Kamala Harris to "hold on to the anger" they might feel after Donald Trump's victory.

Peters points out that Congressman Harold Ford stated during a Fox News interview, "If it looks like what’s gonna happen happens, I do hope everybody can be gracious and magnanimous."

He notes, "Ford’s pitch for magnanimity echoes similar calls for normalization, if not direct acquiescence, that some of America’s least compelling pundits have issued over the past 12 hours or so. 'Donald Trump is my president—and he’s your president, too,' wrote columnist Marc Thiessen at the Washington Post."

Peters writes:

If America is going to make it through the days, weeks, months, and—sigh—years to come, then you and I are going to have to hold on to the anger that we feel right now, and we are going to have to remember the many, many reasons why that anger is wholly justified. So remember this: After whipsawing the nation through his dumb and vicious s—tshow of a first term, nearly capsizing the ship of state by inciting thousands of morons to riot over the false premise that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from him, and becoming the first president in American history to be twice impeached, Donald Trump decided to run for president in 2024 primarily so that he might avoid facing punishment for his many alleged crimes.

"The anger is righteous and justified and should not be tamped down, not just yet, possibly not for a very long time, if ever," Peters concludes.