It wasn’t “liberals” hoping for a repudiation of Trumpism. It was decent people everywhere.
Americans knew exactly who Trump was. Despite 230K deaths, high unemployment, endless lies, kids in cages, and a cadre of advisers in prison, America has (nearly or actually) given another lease on life to the most staggeringly corrupt, racist, incompetent, authoritarian President in living memory. This has to be faced to be fixed.
The fantasy of repudiating Trumpism is dead - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/liberal-election-fantasy-loses-trumpism-wins/2020/11/04/ca79be4c-1e91-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html


