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When Republicans win, the Overton window doesn't slide to the left. It's slides to the right. Expecting it to go even further left is a misunderstanding of politics.
Good thing Republicans didn't control the white house in those years, then.
Trump wasn't elected in 2016?
He was elected at the end of 2016. Drag is talking about the rest of that year, when America had just had 8 years of Obama. Bernie could have beat Trump in 2016, if we had pushed hard enough. The will to choose a progressive candidate finally came... In 2024 when it was useless. Some people just don't adapt fast enough, even when the stakes are clear.