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This is the sort of thing people have in mind when they say, "Elections have consequences." And no, I am not thinking only about the 2016 U.S. presidential election here. The Republican Party controls not just the presidency but both the House and the Senate. How did that happen? Evidently, American voters are far more conservative than many on the left realize or would like to admit. Democrats will soon have the opportunity to take back at least one chamber of Congress, but it remains to be seen if they can muster the enthusiasm and the numbers to do so.
"Elections have consequences" is a phrase one often hears from those who just won an election as justification for implementing their agenda without much regard for their now vanquished opponents. This does not have to be the case. The same phrase could also be used to remind people who are unhappy with the way things are that they need to show up and vote. Don't like it? Complaining isn't enough; you need to vote.
If more of the political left had shown up to vote in the last several elections, we'd be in a different situation than the one we're in today. This may seem overly harsh to some, but reality does sometimes work that way. Perhaps the left can figure out how to take the outrage they are about to feel over the Supreme Court and channel it into record voter turnout for the 2018 mid-term election.