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   XPost: talk.politics.usa   
   From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:05:06 -0500, Ubiquitous    
   wrote:   
      
   >CNN contributor Scott Jennings explained Donald Trump’s victory to a   
   >panel of hosts as they sat in silence. He talked about the president-   
   >elect not just clinching the electoral college, but also potentially   
   >winning the popular vote, a first for any Republican candidate since   
   >2004.   
   >   
   >“This is a big deal. This isn’t backing into the office,” Jennings told   
   >the CNN panel.   
   >   
   >“This is a mandate to do what you said you were going to do. Get the   
   >economy working again for regular working-class Americans. Fix   
   >immigration. Try to get crime under control. Try to reduce the chaos in   
   >the world. This is a mandate from the American people to do that. I   
   >think I’m interpreting the results tonight as the revenge of just a   
   >regular old working-class American,” he continued.   
   >   
   >	Revenge of the average, everyday working class American. My   
   >	reaction to Trump’s crushing victory on @cnn   
   >	pic.twitter.com/JkhixYVGLS   
   >   
   >	— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) November 6, 2024   
   >   
   >Jennings added, “The anonymous American who has been crushed, insulted,   
   >condescended to. They’re not garbage; they’re not Nazis. They’re just   
   >regular people who get up and go to work every day and are trying to   
   >make a better life for their kids.”   
   >   
   >He said, “And they feel like they have been told to just shut up when   
   >they have complained about the things that are hurting them in their   
   >own lives. I also feel like this election, as we sit here and pore over   
   >this tonight, is something of an indictment of the political   
   >information complex.”   
   >   
   >Jennings mentioned the “gimmicks” Democrats used to try to win,   
   >including ads about women lying to their husbands, when really voters   
   >were concerned with “fundamentals.”   
   >   
   >“Inflation, people feeling like that they were barely able to tread   
   >water at best,” the contributor said. “That was the fundamentals of the   
   >election. And so I think that both parties should always look at the   
   >results of an election and figure out what went right and what went   
   >wrong.”   
   >   
   >The political strategist said this should be treated as a lesson by the   
   >Democrats. “But I think for all of us who cover elections and talk   
   >about elections and do this on a day-to-day basis, we have to figure   
   >out how to understand, talk to and listen to the half of the country   
   >that rose up tonight and said, we’ve had enough,” he concluded.   
   >   
   >As of Wednesday morning, Trump was leading Vice President Kamala Harris   
   >in the popular vote with 71.7 million votes as compared to 66.8   
   >million.   
      
   Straight and to the point.  I don't know who delusional Dems can't see   
   this.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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