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When former President Donald Trump rose to his feet on the campaign trail after an assassin’s bullet clipped his ear, blood streaking his cheek, and then thrust a fist into the air while exhorting his supporters to “Fight!”, was there any doubt thereafter that he was destined to win this country back?

As of this writing (2 a.m. EST), Trump has cleared the 270-electoral vote hurdle with 277. The final count is not confirmed, but even the New York Times – not exactly a Right-wing publication – gave Trump a 95% chance of victory and a projected 306 electoral votes. The Most Consequential Election of Our Lifetime™ has ended in a stunning victory for Trump and American patriots everywhere over Vice President Kamala Harris to retake the White House.

Stunning and yet unsurprising, considering that Trump and running mate JD Vance ran a strong campaign in the face of a hostile media, relentless lawfare, and assassination attempts. The epically incompetent Harris and running mate Tim Walz, meanwhile, stumbled and fumbled their way through a floundering campaign which had to rely solely on demonizing Trump and fear-mongering about the end of democracy.

In an AP VoteCast exit poll which surveyed more than 110,000 voters across the U.S., 80% stated they wanted at least “substantial change,” with about 25% saying they wanted a “complete and total upheaval.”

Well, those voters are apparently going to get that “substantial change” and hopefully even a “complete and total upheaval.” In addition to the White House, Republicans have taken the House and the Senate. Trump and Vance now have an exciting opportunity – indeed, a clear mandate – to “turn the page” and make America great again after four catastrophic years under Barack Obama and Susan Rice – er, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

To the consternation and apoplectic fury of Democrat talking heads such as the race-mongering hysteric Joy Reid, the candidate relentlessly demonized as Hitler 2.0 won over substantial numbers of Latino voters, black voters – especially black males (25% in Georgia – a 13-point defection from the Democrat plantation) – and even Arab and Muslim voters in Dearborn, Michigan.

Apparently causing crushing inflation and spiking energy costs; facilitating the breakdown of law and order resulting in skyrocketing crime (including from an influx of foreign gangs); facilitating the chaos of unchecked illegal immigration; empowering our enemies and alienating our allies; pushing gender ideology on our children; sapping our military and corroding our institutions with DEI initiatives and Critical Race Theory deconstruction; making LGBTQ evangelization a central aim of our foreign policy; and smearing your political opponents as Nazis, book burners, and garbage doesn’t resonate with most Americans of any color, creed, or sex. Who could have known?

Yes, the Democrats will fight this loss with every tool at their disposal: legal and otherwise, constitutional and otherwise, not to mention “mostly peaceful” protests that will make the George Floyd rioting seem law-abiding. It’s not over ‘til it’s over, and the Democrats will never let it be over. They will sink their pitbull jaws into this Trump victory and rage against the dying of the light until their last breath. Brace yourself for four years of Democrats doing exactly what they’ve accused Trump of for the last four years: election denial, a refusal to allow the peaceful transfer of power, and insurrection. Election day was only the beginning.

But for now, for tonight, all of America and the world witnessed not only an amazing Donald Trump comeback against all odds, but a resounding repudiation of the last four years of Democrat rule.

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