BREAKING: DONALD TRUMP WINS WHITE HOUSE
Lying Racist White Nationalist Misogynist, an Unqualified, Fascistic Bully, to Become Leader of the Free World
Donald Trump has won the White House. Despite all odds, including polls that showed Hillary Clinton would likely win the presidency, the billionaire real estate mogul activated America’s angry white voters, the disaffected who saw Barack Obama’s presidency as an affront to their white nationalist values, and the possibility of a woman in the Oval Office too much for them to bear. White supremacists tonight are rejoicing.
BREAKING: Donald Trump is elected president of the United States. pic.twitter.com/yJpgfsAbc6
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2016
FiveThirtyEight gave Clinton about two-to-one odds of winning the White House. The polls had Clinton up on average 3.5 points over Trump.
Clinton may have won the popular vote, but Trump has effectively won the Electoral College.
Clinton has called Trump to concede.
Third party voters handed Florida to Trump, with over 268,000 voting for Gary Johnson and Jill Stein. Trump beat Clinton in Florida by 128,275 votes. Here are CNN’s numbers:
Trump won over white voters without a college degree, especially white men, and a strong portion of white women, along with Christian evangelicals.Â
Voters decided they would rather have as president someone they don’t see as qualified than the most-qualified person to run for office in modern times. They literally decided to hand the nuclear codes to a man they do not think is qualified to hold them.
NATIONAL EXIT: Clinton qualified to be president? 52% yes, 47% no. Trump qualified to president? 38% yes, 61% no.
— David Chalian (@DavidChalian) November 9, 2016
The Manhattan billionaire lied to the American people every day he campaigned, frequently spewing false statements at the rate of over a dozen a day, as documented by Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale.
Short term, expect the stock markets to crash, not only in the U.S. but worldwide.
Where we stand right now: DOW futures are down 750. The dollar is plummeting. And Canada’s immigration website just crashed.
— Nick Bilton (@nickbilton) November 9, 2016
Tom Brokaw on @NBCNews: Dow Jones futures have plunged more tonight expecting a Trump win than they did the night of 9/11
— Peter Keating (@PKStatsBlog) November 9, 2016
Heightened incidents of hate crime attacks and violence should be anticipated.Â
Trump will have a Republican House and a Republican Senate. He will work to quickly dismantle Obamacare, tossing tens of millions of people off healthcare. Immigrants may be deported by the millions.
Americans should expect an ultra-conservative Supreme Court that will likely continue its assault on civil rights, while expanding gun rights, and possibly find a way to overturn the rights to same-sex marriage and abortion.
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Image by Gage Skidmore via Flickr and a CC license
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