Here. Right here is when it all went wrong.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/113296098233486301
I'll admit I did not know that the effect on Black turnout would be this bad. I knew it was bad, but I significantly underestimated how bad. I didn't pay attention to it. I didn't know that the backslide in support continued.
Another miscalculation I made: I was pretty sure that the majority of white women would vote for Trump, and that white women's turnout would be high, but I did not anticipate how high. They showed up.
@mekkaokereke When you pointed out how significant it would be for Black voters, I watched the Charlemagne Tha God interview live. When Harris was pressed on the question "what policies do you support that will be particularly beneficial for Black people?" she basically said "legal weed and unregulated cryptocurrency" and even this old white dude was like "ow, that was a huge miss".
@mogul Jesus H Christ. She said THAT?
@ScottGrimmett I was trying to scrub through the interview to find the moment where she was pressed on it, but it wasn't just in the interview itself.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/13/nx-s1-5151968/harris-weed-crypto