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Thanks A Lot Gary Johnson and Jill Stein (and all of your supporters)

In Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton lost by 68,236 votes.  Gary Johnson and Jill Stein had a total of 191,565 votes.

In Florida, Hillary Clinton lost by 119,770 votes.  Gary Johnson and Jill Stein had a total of 270,026 votes.

In Michigan, Hillary Clinton lost by only 11,837 votes.  Gary Johnson and Jill Stein had a total of 242,867 votes.

If neither of these third party candidates had run and only 1 out of every 2 of their voters had cast their votes for Clinton, she would have won all of these major states.

Both Johnson and Stein knew that they couldn’t win.  Both of them knew the kind of man Trump is and how dirty and deceitful his campaign against Hillary Clinton was and how important it was for this nation NOT to have Trump as its President.  They would have been legends if they had said to their supporters “This election is too important for me to remain on the ballot and possibly splitting the vote.  I am withdrawing and asking my supporters to use the power of their vote to prevent Donald Trump from ever taking office.”   They would have been justified in doing this because Trump, as President, was not going to benefit or advance their own causes, whereas it might have been possible to work with Clinton.  Instead, knowing that they couldn’t win, knowing what might happen, they remained in the race and now a racist, anti-women, anti-healthcare, pro-big business,  climate change denier, narcissist, sexual predator, voter suppressor, and serial liar is going to be our next President.

Forget about addressing the “national state of emergency”, as Stein put it, which is being caused by climate change and forget about protecting the United States and the world and all of our children and descendants from the irresponsible and corrupt actions of corporations who want to continue raping the environment for the sake of putting more money into their own pockets.   Trump, as most of you already know, does not believe in climate change and thinks that it’s a “Chinese hoax”.  He has indicated that he wants to renege on the Paris Agreement – an agreement by 200 countries to reduce the carbon emissions of their countries.  200 countries finally decide on something because it’s THAT important and America, supposed leader of the free world, is going to sabotage the deal. He has also expressed the desire of doing away with the EPA.   (Gary Johnson also does not believe in climate change so maybe his supporters don’t care much about this issue anyway – but they should.  How can sane people not care about the kind of world they are going to leave to their children and other descendants?)

Forget about protecting a woman’s right to control her own body or to be free from sexual harassment or to receive equal pay.  Trump’s position, as stated during his campaign, is that there should be some sort of punishment for women who seek to have an abortion.  He believes that his appointment(s) to the Supreme Court will “automatically” reverse Roe vs Wade.   Trump, by his own words on that infamous Billy Bush videotape, also believes that his status as a “star” gives him the right to kiss and grab the genitals of any woman without their permission.  His son, Donald Jr., thinks that a woman who is being sexually harassed at her job should just go and find another job.  So to any woman who voted for Johnson or Stein and helped this group of anti-women rich, white men into office, I hope you’re happy.

Forget about helping college kids with student debt – something that Stein AND Clinton had proposed.  Clinton wanted to make public college education free and to help students who already had debt to reduce the interest rates and terms of their student loans.  So, for all of you who have student debt which is NOT dischargeable in bankruptcy or who have children who will be attending college and who voted for Johnson or Stein, thanks a lot.

Forget about keeping lobbyists, Wall Street, and “insiders” out of politics.  Trump’s entire economic team is a bunch of white, male billionaires, hedge fund managers, and bank CEOs whose economic plan will, of course, benefit primarily the rich, do away with consumer protection such as the Dodd-Frank Act, and give them free reign to operate with less regulation so that they can continue to rip-off the American people.  Trump (and Johnson) want people to believe that trickle-down economics is a good thing – make the rich (including corporations) richer and they will create jobs.  Trickle-down economics has never worked and it’s the kind of economic plan that Bush put into action which resulted in the Great Recession.  So, again, thanks so much for voting for Johnson and Stein without having a clue about how economics actually works.

These are only a few of the areas which affect every citizen that will be detrimentally affected by a Trump presidency, possibly for decades.   If you are a person of color or part of the 30% of Americans who do not consider themselves Christians, be very worried since the Trump administration is backed by the KKK and the alt-right.  Even if Trump now says that he doesn’t approve of any racist acts, the fact is, he caused it with his fear mongering and hate-filled speeches and did nothing to control the obvious racism at his rallies.  The KKK, who threw a victory party after Trump’s election, now thinks that their position and actions are permissible and stamped with the approval of the president.

So, thanks a lot Gary Johnson and Jill Stein and all of your delusional, uninformed supporters.