Indulge Me

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I need another day of reveling in last week's midterm election results. Then I promise I'll move on. But life with Donald Trump and MAGA in charge has been so stressful for so long, that a little self-indulgence is called for.

Which isn't the same as gloating, but I might give into that, too.

Among the highlights: The Democrats captured the House. The Dems flipped Senate seats like they were pancakes. In Georgia, Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor of a state. In New Mexico, Deb Haaland became the first Native American woman elected governor of a state. In Texas, Gina Hinojosa became the state's first Latina governor.

Trump tried to kill DEI, and it's organically gone and grabbed him by the . . . politics.

New Hampshire sent the first openly gay man, Chris Pappas, to the Senate. Lesbian combat veteran Cait Conley, who served during Don't Ask, Don't Tell, flipped a New York House seat. Openly gay JD Ford pulled off the upset to win a congressional seat in Indiana. Yes, that Indiana.

We now have "the queerest Congress in history," announced GLAAD. I was especially pleased to see transgender candidates elected as state lawmakers in Alabama, Washington, Michigan, and Georgia. Considering that transgender people don't exist, according to the Trump administration, these victories are all the more remarkable.

Not every result was a win, but the clear takeaway was that Americans punished Trump for his ludicrous leadership, and his barnstorming and multiple attempts to mess with these elections failed.

It really was a blue tsunami. A total repudiation. However, as I write this, news has broken that Trump is now questioning whether the results were "honest."

If he calls for another riot, he might get it. But it would end with him being tossed into the Reflecting Pool.