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What’s In And What’s Out After Trump’s Stunning Victory

For more than a year, pundits in the mainstream media were feeding the public a steady diet of catchphrases, aphorisms, mantras, and predictions. Almost none of them turned out to be true.

But being wrong has never caused elite media types to self-reflect. They just issue a new set of catchphrases, aphorisms, mantras, and predictions.

So, rather than wait for them, we decided to make our own predictions. We will have much more to say about this election, about the unprecedented legal attacks, the vitriol hurled at half of American voters, about any violence that is unleashed by the left, about where the Democrats go from here, and so on.

But for now, here is our list of what will be out and what will be in after this truly historic presidential election.

  • Out: Questioning election results is anti-Democratic!       
  • In: Trump stole the election!!
  • Out: Democracy is on the ballot!
  • In: Democracy is not over!!
  • Out: Election fraud is not a real problem!          
  • In: Trump stole the election!!
  • Out: President Biden was smart to “bypass” the Supreme Court to get his way!
  • In: We need ‘guardrails’ to keep Trump in check!!
  • Out: There’s no evidence of election fraud, saying otherwise is a lie!       
  • In: Trump stole the election!!
  • Out: Trump is an authoritarian!
  • In: Trump wants to cut the size of government!!
  • Out: Our elections are the most secure in the world!   
  • In: Trump stole the election!!
  • Out: Questioning the president’s mental health is unpatriotic!      
  • In: Trump misspoke!! Invoke the 25th Amendment!!
  • Out: Government censorship is no big deal!      
  • In: Trump will censor us!!
  • Out: “Weaponization of government” is a right-wing fantasy!      
  • In: Trump will take away Justice’s ability to target Republicans!!
  • Out: The economy is doing great!                      
  • In: Why hasn’t Trump fixed the economy yet??
  • Out: There’s no border crisis!                             
  • In: Why hasn’t Trump fixed the border crisis yet??
  • Out: Crime rates are falling!                              
  • In: Why hasn’t Trump done anything about rising crime rates yet??
  • Out: Jan. 6, 2021, was an attempted insurrection!  
  • In: Congress must refuse to certify the election results on Jan.6, 2025!!
  • Out: We must save democracy!                          
  • In: Down with democracy, it failed us!!
  • Out: Violence is never the answer!                    
  • In: Emotions are running high!!
  • Out: I’m leaving the country if Trump wins!     
  • In: I’m still planning to leave, dammit!!
  • Out: Project 2025!
  • In: Project 2025?
  • Out: Trump will take away our freedoms!         
  • In: Trump wants to repeal government mandates!!
  • Out: Trump is a fascist.
  • In: Trump can’t make the trains run on time.
  • Out: Trump is a racist, facist, threat to democracy, and his supporters are semi-fascist garbage.
  • In: It’s up to Trump to unite the country.
  • Out: Kamala is amazing!                                    
  • In: Harris was a terrible candidate!!
  • Out: Kamala is smart to avoid taking positions on issues!
  • In: Harris should have talked more about the issues!!
  • Out: Biden was right to step down!                    
  • In: Biden should have stayed in the race!!
  • Out: This will be a razor-thin election!              
  • In: We never said that!!

Note to readers: Use the comments section below to suggest your own list of what will be in and out.

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5 comments

    • An amazing collection of accurate observations. If you need citations, you don’t understand satire – from which we can deduce you are a liberal, with the normal surgically-removed sense of humor.

      • As well as suffering from the standard socialist disease known as a “RECTO-CRANIAL INVERSION”!

  • We have a real opportunity to use their energy against them. Take their Trump stole the election and under his leadership force a transparent audit of all 50 state elections with the promise to air the results to the American people.

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