Blue Tsunami!

What a relief! After almost two years of the Trump regime dismantling democracy and the rule of law and his henchman Stephen Miller sending the ICE goons out to kidnap, imprison, and kill immigrants and citizens, voters flipped the U.S. House and Senate to the Democrats in a “Blue Tsunami” during the mid-term elections.

Because Americans re-elected Trump in 2024 after a disastrous first term, I really kept my expectations low for this election. Hubby and I voted early and I ignored all political  news on Election Day. As much as I could, I ignored the polls and the horse-race coverage that occurred before the election.

We kept up with our local Indivisible group and attended their Get Out the Vote/No Kings rally on October 17. While the rally wasn’t as big as organizers had hoped, I thought there was a good showing, and we got more positive honks and waves than middle fingers.

One of the things I kept thinking was that politicians, especially Trump and his supporters, shouldn’t underestimate the American people. If we are mad enough (and we sure are livid at the cruelty, corruption, and high costs) and organized enough, we’ll right the ship of democracy. The Blue Tsunami is the first step in that direction.

With the diversity of Democratic candidates who won their elections, voters directly repudiated the Trump regime’s anti-woke, anti-DEI stance. America’s diversity is our strength, not a weakness.

I have to hand it to Indivisible for their country-wide grassroots organization. They organized nationwide protests, kept people informed, and endorsed progressive candidates. The Democratic Party (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota) was fairly subdued in contrast. I’m not sure we would have had a Blue Tsunami without Indivisible and the many other progressive writers and podcasters sharing information.

I took a couple of days after the election to rest and enjoy the results of all the work everyone did to make this a pro-democracy election … including record numbers of people voting and voting early. Now, I’m looking ahead to what we need to do to thwart Trump’s corruption and destruction of democracy and get to work rebuilding.

It’s important that we use our newly-developed skills in organizing to keep pressure on our elected representatives (mostly Democrats come January) to hold the Trump regime accountable, rebuild and strengthen democracy, and make it work for everyday Americans rather than corporations and billionaires. (I’ve already sent a letter to my representative about impeaching Pete Hegseth.)

A nice little coincidence occurred on Hubby’s and my date night after the election. We chose to eat at a Japanese restaurant called Tsunami. As soon as we sat down, I notice blue waves on the wall behind him. I said to Hubby, “Look! It’s a blue tsunami!”