American Democracy Is In Peril–But Not Lost

By Ezra Levin\Indivisible Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons I am devastated. I know you are, too. Everyone is searching for answers, and at the same time we’re all going through the stages of grief. I’m not going to be able to give full answers in this email, but I want to cover three things: What we know and don’t know. What this means for the next two years. What we can do next. What we know and don’t know. I will do my best to keep this section fully fact-based. We can interpret and debate later, but it’s important we all understand the facts: We know Trump won across the board, with shifts in his direction in blue, purple, and red states. We were contesting seven Electoral College states — AZ, NV, WI, MI, PA, GA, NC — and he took them all, along with the national popular vote. We know we lost the Senate. At this point we know Brown and Tester have lost, and we didn’t pick up any of our reach targets in TX, FL, or NE. Trump will have a Republican Senate capable of approving his nominees to cabinets and the courts. We don’t know who will...