I tried to be hopeful and optimistic heading into election night and the creation of this comic (usually a Monday night activity)... but I was sadly NOT "surprised" and overall disappointed with the results. This IS the democratic process at work (except for all of the gerrymandered redistricting,) but a backwards-looking fear-mongering campaign that produces this kind of result seems sad and decidedly un-American - despite all of the chatter that would try to tell you otherwise. There is all of this talk about "life" as well in our political discourse, but I worry for sure that TOO many lives of immigrants or trans and LBGTQ people will likewise be destroyed or irrevocably harmed by this result.
