True Left

The reason why I supported Clinton in 2016 is not because I thought she herself was any good, but because a Trump 2016 loss (underperforming the expected pattern of a Red victory after two Blue terms) would have convinced the Red establishment that the reason why Trump lost was because he was too close to the Alt-Right. From there, the Red establishment would have rejected Alt-Right ideas for many terms to come, thus evading the current scenario of the Alt-Right taking over Red politics with Red politicians convinced into the indefinite future that they be at least as close to the Alt-Right as Trump was just to stand a chance. In short, a Clinton 2016 victory would have put the US down a completely different political trajectory than the one it has taken.

Prior to Trump, Red politicians liked to claim Reagan as an influence. I am fine with that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Reform_and_Control_Act_of_1986#Amnesty

We wanted a US where both parties welcome refugees, but merely debate over which party has the better management approach to welcoming them (e.g. relying on the private sector to help them (Red) vs the government helping them directly (Blue)). This would have been a US well-positioned to face the climate refugee challenge that is now upon us. We were almost there before Trump turned up:



We only needed Clinton to defeat Trump in 2016, and all could have gone according to plan. Instead Trump won in 2016, and now in 2022 we have Biden listening to:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/stephen-miller/

But even if Clinton had run in 2020 instead of Biden and won, I am sure she would be listening to Miller now too!

(Finally, let us never forget that Trump 2016 was merely modelling himself after Orban. This is why Hungary must be nuked before the world can return to sanity.)