"This week's election results, 17 days after at least 7 million Americans took to the streets in thousands of No Kings protests around the country, showcased that blowback in all its multifaceted finery. Pretty much everywhere there was an election, Trump's agenda took a hammering, and local candidates triumphed by promising an inclusionary, economically ambitious, pro-immigrant, rule-of-law-based politics. The headline of the day, of course, was that a socialist, Muslim, immigrant, millennial candidate won the mayorship of New York."
"In particular, he should have familiarized himself with Newton's third law of motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Translated into language the MAGA-man might understand, that comes out, in the political realm, to something like "push a far-right agenda that tramples the rights of millions of Americans, and expect there to be massive blowback at the ballot box from an enraged, and energized, citizenry.""
Far-right, anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies triggered widespread civic mobilization and electoral backlash across multiple jurisdictions. Millions participated in No Kings protests shortly before elections, and candidates promising inclusion, economic ambition, pro-immigrant policies, and rule-of-law governance succeeded in many races. Zohran Mamdani, a socialist Muslim immigrant millennial, won the New York mayoralty. Democratic incumbents and challengers fared well in Pennsylvania and Georgia, with targeted Supreme Court justices winning reelection and Democrats gaining utility regulation seats. Voters rejected chaos, cruelty, incompetence, anti-science attitudes, and corruption associated with Trumpism. The outcomes signaled energized coalitions organizing to protect and expand human and civil rights.
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