I am many things this morning, but shocked is not one of them. The signs have been there long before 2016 in the person of Donald Trump. America, you heard the tape of Billy Bush and what Trump thought of women, and you voted for him anyway. You saw him mock a handicapped reporter, and you voted for him anyway. He shouted “Lock Her Up”and you voted for him anyway. Lies from everything about the size of his inaugural crowds and denial of foreign interference in his candidacy, and you believed it.
You heard his support of the “good” people in the Charlottesville marches, and that was ok with you. You saw him dismiss long time allies in preference for the shady regimes of Russia and North Korea,and you voted for him again. You heard him cast doubt on the scientific truths of climate, and then in the pandemic, causing chaos that probably has caused the death of thousands, and you voted for him anyway.
So, America, don’t be shocked, be penitent!