Now that the resounding presidential Trump election win is in the books, statements about the president-elect’s victory are flying in from luminaries around the world. The latest to opine on the matter are the Obamas and the Clintons, and although both their statements expressed love for our country and our democracy (which we all know is actually a republic), neither mentioned that the four of them have been bashing half the electorate on a regular basis. It’s hard to find unity and grace when they’ve been calling Republicans—particularly Trump voters—a “basket of deplorables,” “bitter [folks who] cling to their guns,” blatantly fascist, “garbage,” and so much more.
Yet now they want us to roll over and play nice.
First, the Clintons, whose message was mercifully shorter than the Obamas’ and more to the point:
Our statement on the result…
