Thank you, America. Our democracy has proved its resilience in electing Joe Biden

By the Washington Post Editorial Board, Nov. 7

[....] Mr. Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala D. Harris, built a broad coalition of traditional Democratic voters and independents disgusted with Mr. Trump. They won the highest number of votes of any presidential ticket in history and will end with an impressive margin of victory and and strong showings in states in every region of the country.

Instinctively optimistic, unwilling to write off any of his fellow Americans, not likely to be pushed around by hyper-partisans on either side, Mr. Biden is exceptionally qualified to heal a deeply divided nation. He won on a promise to unify the country and to address major problems that have been neglected or aggravated over the past four years. Voters should expect him to live up to his promises — and Senate Republicans, if they do retain their majority, should accept his open hand in a spirit of decency and cooperation. If the voters elected a divided government, they may have been asking for moderation, but they were not voting for stasis.

Mr. Biden’s victory — and Mr. Trump’s defeat — is a testament to the resilience of American democracy. In other countries, at other times, bullies like Mr. Trump have succeeded in becoming strongmen by promising security from dangerous outsiders, demonizing cultural elites and sowing enough confusion and apathy that people failed to resist the slide into illiberalism. Mr. Trump tried all of these tactics. But Americans resisted. They did so in an overwhelming yet orderly fashion, at the ballot box, when it was their turn to have another say, despite the fact that Mr. Trump and his allies adopted a strategy of disenfranchisement when they realized they could not win fairly. They answered his four years of divisiveness by electing a woman — a woman of color — to be vice-president for the first time in the nation’s history. Citizens in unprecedented numbers stood in line for hours to vote, starting weeks before Election Day. State officials adhered to their responsibilities to ensure that people could cast ballots. Withstanding Mr. Trump’s spiteful and mendacious attacks on their integrity, they ensured that those votes would be counted.[....]

I don't understand why this considered like rocket science and has to be emphasized but here it is retweeted by Noah Smith:

DOH you can't win any elections in America on the "Amerika sucks" ticket.

And DOH AGAIN-immigrants "of color" who have become voting citizens don't appreciate being told they have made a stupid choice by coming here and becoming citizens of a  horrible country, maybe the greatest oppressor of minorities in history.

That many end up voting for the party that doesn't humor people who say it's a racist country should be no surprise! Really DOH.

smart guy just won re-election in a very swingy half-way upstate NY district filled with lots of whypipple (including plenty of Karen types in station wagons.) Tweets like this one is how he does it, I think: