We say that but it only goes so far/it needs to go very far if we want to see what they’re doing right now actually stop or, if we dare to dream, be reversed. And the more they do right now the less actual support they need, come election time. Remember that conservatives are so terrified of some made-up “leftist” that they will even admit, if they have any self-awareness at all, to voting against their own interests in order to avoid that scenario. It’ll take a lot to convince to them to simply not show up, let alone hold their representatives accountable. And even if the Democrats get any sort of power, will they actually do anything with it or continue to sit on their hands while criminals run around?

I’m still hopeful because I have to be, but we can’t just “nah” away the very real chance that the country is fucking toast for at least the next four years and that outrage will only propel them to work harder towards making sure they don’t face consequences, not to doing the right thing. It’s how it’s always happened, and it’s way more aggressive than it’s ever been.