A left of center view of tonight's VA GOV election

As I see threads talking about capturing melts, MAGA revolutions, etc., felt it was important to give y'all a firsthand account of what someone left of center, considered a commie on here, is thinking.

Congrats to Youngkin. He won fair and square.

McAuliffe? I don't live in VA so couldn't give a shite either way...that said, I don't think he ran a very good campaign.

Lessons learned:
1. The phantom CRT boogieman worked. It's coming again in '22 so be ready to counter the empty argument.

2. Trump will take credit for this win and yet Youngkin absolutely SLAUGHTERED Trump's numbers across VA, and saw an incredible increase in support from....white suburban women, exactly the group that killed his road to victory in 2016. Trumpism is apparently popular, Trump is not.

3. Biden hasn't delivered on a fricking thing (thanks to Manchin and Sinema) and dem voters weren't in the least bit motivated to give McAullife, who didn't offer much of shite in the way of policy during the campaign, the gift of the governorship if he was just going to offer more of the same.

4. Fake news worked. Be it the attack on CRT, the book banning bullshite, etc., Youngkin spoon fed bullshite to the electorate and the GOP base at that shite up. Which leads to number 5....

5. The dems cannot compete in an age of right wing media's ability and willingness to flood the market with lies and half-truths. No matter what they're spewing, it's hitting a significant number of people and they are programmed to not only believe every bit of what they're fed, but allow themselves to find purpose in those lies which motivates them to both organize and vote.

6. There was a spontaneous gathering of thousands of people today in Dallas waiting for JFK Jr. to rise from the dead and reinstate Trump as President. This is the party you lost to tonight. fricking how?