Eight years ago, after Donald Trump’s first presidential victory, Democrats could at least take solace in having won the popular vote. Trump’s win was a fluke, an asterisk in the broader march of progress. That narrative has now been shattered. This is who we are. This is a country in which Hispanics, Blacks and perhaps even Puerto Ricans broke toward Trump just enough to grant him another four years in power.
By Shadi Hamid
Opinion by Shadi Hamid
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