fwiw she briefly had presidential powers a couple years ago when Biden was sedated for a medical procedure. Source.

It was Halloween, so maybe “insufferable asshole” was their costume.

Remember those people who caught covid and were put on ventilators while denying that they had covid? When bad things happen to Trump supporters they’ll just deny it or blame it on someone else.

This was a “Fuck YOU, in particular” sent right at Harris.

hmm… I think a “fuck you” would be if people went to the polls and wrote in someone else. This was more of a “meh” sent right at Harris… they couldn’t even be bothered to vote.

I firmly believe it was a combination of her race and male voters’ unwillingness to vote for a woman under any circumstances.

I suspect that this played a large part, but the tricky thing is: how do we confirm this? We can’t just poll people, bc they’ll rarely admit it. We can’t compare the performance of congressional candidates because people likely hold the presidency to a different standard. To make things even more complicated, Harris is mixed-race - and Americans are notoriously bad at studying that. And what do we do with the results of these studies? Clearly we still want to nominate qualified people regardless of gender or race.

Political scientists and historians will spend years analyzing the causes and significance of this election. My focus is more immediate. Although the data are imperfect and incomplete, I will offer preliminary answers…

To his credit, the writer explicitly warns us that this is a hot take and is almost certainly wrong.

Hey I’m really sorry to hear about your dog. It must be tough knowing that it’s coming.