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A member of my family and I disagree on the potential outcome of the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n

My family member believes the 45th president is poised to regain the presidency. I disagree. He and I had an exchange that went something like this:<\/p>\n

Family member:<\/strong> I think he’s going to win.<\/p>\n

Me<\/strong>: No. He won’t win.<\/p>\n

FM<\/strong>: You said the same thing in 2016 and look what happened.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> We have learned from the mistake we made as a nation. We aren’t going to make it again.<\/p>\n

FM:<\/strong> I am not so sure about that. I don’t think we’ve learned anything. Besides, Biden didn’t win in 2020 by a landslide.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> I know. A few hundred thousand-vote switch in three states would have produced a vastly different result.<\/p>\n

The exchange ended shortly after that. My family member does not want the 45th POTUS to win. He doesn’t exactly line up strongly in President Biden’s camp.<\/p>\n

I do wish my family member had more faith in the collective intelligence of American voters. But … he doesn’t and I’ll accept his view that we are collection of gullible dummies. I, however, am going to stand on my wellspring of belief that we are smarter than we have demonstrated.<\/p>\n

The former POTUS tapped into a heretofore mine of resentment in Americans’ hearts. He now vows to be “your retribution” for misperceived wrongs that have been committed against the former POTUS. He is going to unleash the Justice Department on his foes … and to think he accuses Biden of “weaponizing” the DOJ.<\/p>\n

Are we really ready to welcome a return of this kind of political vengeance into the halls of power?<\/p>\n

I think not.<\/p>\n\n

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