The 81 Million Argument

Both comments are phenomenally dumb but the “81 million votes” is the absolute winner. I’ve heard actual, real people (with fancy PhDs, may I add) repeat it with happy, zombified faces for years.

Obviously, Biden’s high vote count is owed, in large part, to how many people detested Trump and voted not so much for Biden as against Trump. Many of these 81 million are not passionate Bidenites but passionate anti-Trumpists. Is it a huge surprise that passionate anti-Trumpists exist? Have we not gotten enough opportunities to hear from them that we need to be so virginally surprised at their capacity to win elections?

The exact same people who can’t go a day without mentioning Trump Derangement Syndrome can’t fathom the possibility that this condition drove voter enthusiasm for an otherwise uninteresting Biden.

This is a huge pet peeve because I have two very dear friends who keep advancing this poster’s exact talking point and I just can’t already.

A gentle reminder to Democrats: you believe that women have penises, so there’s no intellectual advantage you can claim here. Humility is always in order until you can say publicly “women never have penises and men cannot give birth.” Whatever lunacy the Trump crowd advances, it has not remotely reached yours.

2 thoughts on “The 81 Million Argument

  1. In almost every US election, somebody gets “the most votes in history.” I’m not sure why anyone is ever surprised.

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