When I opened X, I was greeted with post after post after post about Vice President Kamala Harris and her loss in the election. People were stirred in panic, fear and at a loss for words. Elsewhere, there were messages and missed phone calls from my friends saying that “We’re gonna die!” and “I’m moving to another country.” It felt all very dystopian. However, I am not completely surprised about the results. There are many factors that contributed to her loss (“Last Tuesday, a woman got rejected for a job promotion. What else is new?” Nov. 11).
Start with the fleeting time Harris was given to campaign. She had four months while former President Donald Trump had been campaigning for president since he left office. Add to this her not standing firm in her polices, her contribution to the genocide in Gaza, her saying she would have Republicans in her cabinet — the list continues. I was not surprised at the election results because we have already been witnessing the rise of conservatives in this country.
This means that Trump voters have slowly become a majority in this country whether we like it or not. The conversation needs to now be moved from grieving about the loss of Harris to deciding where to go from here. This must not be about fearing the future but about how can we put the future back into our hands.
— Chinarose Riley, Baltimore
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