And they are likely to prefer that movie to a racial apocalypse.
A week ago all these rubes (in IL particularly) were screeching about the police state restricting their freedom. Now there are literally videos of police marching through Minneapolis neighborhoods firing paint rounds at people on their porches, screaming "light em up!" to force them to stay inside.....and fucking crickets.
Elections are still games about futures though. Even though GWB had been shitty, they could still justify him as being a relative moral and intellectual equal to Kerry, and one that reflected their core sensibilities. Trump was a whole new level of stupid, hateful, and dishonest.
Idk, I'm sure I'm rationalizing a bit, but a certain level of denial concerning conservative American voters has been necessary for a long time