Any Garland Defenders Watching Rachel

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51. brush, I agree with you, but I want to play devil's advocate here

I live in a very red part of the country. In my county Trump got 79% of the vote. In the general election, I only voted in two races, the presidential race and the House race (for the Democrat, of course). I voted in the Republican primary because that is where all local representation will be decided. I've been seeing someone for about a year---a dedicated Democrat. I tried to convince him to vote in the Republican primary to keep out the super crazy MAGAts. Fortunately, the lesser cray 'publicons won. Understand that ALL of the local races were Republican candidates running unopposed.

I only mention voting in the Republican primary for reference on how red the area is. (Please don't say I should've run to oppose a republican as a Democrat. This area will not knowingly vote for a gay candidate).

At this point, I can't even argue with the local opposition because I would have to acknowledge reality. Biden, Harris, well, all of the Democratic leadership, has signaled that we are to accept the election, oppose the R ideology, and do better in the upcoming elections (2024, 2028, etc.)

Although the MSM sane-washed Trump and gave him much more airtime, Democrats successfully messaged to me that this was an existential election. We were voting to continue democracy itself. With this less than enthusiastic pushback, I don't have an effective comeback to, "The prosecutions against Trump were largely political. If the various alphabet agencies of the government (FBI, CIA, DOJ, etc.) thought that the documents held at Maralago were damaging to national security, why didn't they act with more urgency? Why did the Democrats rollover and surrender?" You can imagine that one or two bad actors might exist, but NOONE in the entire government with knowledge thought the country worth saving?
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Devil's advocate cap off: I am truly puzzled. I feel like I'm quantum-entangled into several timelines here --- That fairly soon actual observations will be made and it will be clearer to me which timeline I am in.
1) It was just politics. If that's the case, I'm probably finished with participation other than voting.
2) It really is dire. Biden, et. al, are doing what they think will cause the least destruction. The country is lost and they don't see a point in having a violent civil war.
3) It really is dire. Biden, et. al., are keeping the powder dry. There will be major surprise actions that will be unprecedented that will happen around some of key dates (certification of electoral college, swearing in of new congress, registering the electoral college results on Jan 6, swearing in the president, also how Congress signals it's going to handle the debt ceiling coming in effect Jan. 2)
4) It really is dire. But no one opposed to dictatorship knows what to do.

I think Trump successfully acted as if his legitimate concern was for the country. Citizens believed his worried delivery. His only good acting skill was convincing them he was concerned for THEIR outcomes when he was really concerned about his. His desperation was real. He channeled it to fool his voters that his concern for them. ---Plus a lot of misogyny and racism.