Well it happened

If you voted for him, support him, or are convinced grocery prices were a reasonable excuse to throw every marginalized community under the bus, I want nothing to do with you

Here is what has happened in the 36 hours since it became apparent Kamala lost not just the electoral college, but, unthinkably, the popular vote:

-Trans people are stockpiling medication in preparation for a government that ran on a platform to make their existence medically impossible, and women are stockpiling birth control and Plan B for a return to the dark ages

-LGBTQIA+ suicide hotlines have seen unprecedented call volume

-Manufacturing companies are already preparing to buy extra materials before tariffs increase sourcing costs

-Threats to dissolve the Department of Education

-Potential vaccine skeptic in a position of power in public health

-More threats to abortion rights

-Really, the end of the last chance we had against climate change

-Shocker, Project 2025 IS the agenda

And if you think this is a liberal tears overreaction, you should be aware that this is what he has promised and the platform he ran on.

If you voted for him, you voted against women’s rights, medical freedom, queer safety, our last chance for climate change mitigation, economic stability, global trade relations, and the humanity of people who don’t look like you.

He ran on a campaign of hate and fear, appealing to the lowest common denominator. These people were easy to convince that the price of eggs and gas was the fault of the Biden administration, not supply chain fallout from a global pandemic. They were also too easy to convince that he was on your side, not his billionaire backers.

If you voted for him, I hope you have the realization—maybe tomorrow, maybe after he takes office, maybe a year from now, maybe when you’re dying from something that could have been a simple fix if Medicare hadn’t been gutted and you could afford treatment—that you were wrong. And you hurt people, and you voted against something good. And you thought only of yourself. And you voted that way because you were scared of change and you hate women and you were stupid enough to think illegal immigrants were stealing your job. Maybe you even believed that people were eating dogs and cats. Clearly you’ll believe anything, including that this government you voted into power cares about you.

I am terrified and distraught and disgusted by this country. I had some hope it would turn out differently, and it makes the results that much worse. The rest of the world is looking on in horror and I am ashamed to be American.

As a woman I am inherently at risk with this administration, but not as much as so many others. I am a white, middle-class, self-employed 36-year-old who doesn’t want children and is not part of the queer community.

But I am part of a community who cares about other people and have spent the last day and a half in shock. It’s our job, in whatever way we can, to help protect people that more than half the country voted to put at risk. Start small and local, volunteer for one of the overwhelmed hotlines, keep the pride flag outside your house to show people you’re a safe space. Vote in the midterms, vote in your local elections. I saw incredible joy and hope and support for Kamala Harris over the last four months, and it gave me hope for at least some of us.

This election isn’t just the result of one grossly monstrous candidate winning over a qualified, brilliant candidate. It is something deeper and uglier and more insidious in our country, crawling out of dank holes into the light.

If you voted blue, I’m so sorry and I hope you find solace with the other people who will find themselves on the right side of history. If you voted red, I am not judging you for your party choice, I am disgusted that you chose fear, hatred, and grocery prices over the future of our country, women, immigrants, the queer community, and the planet.