Why did I know this was possible? Same reasons I knew 2016 was possible.
I've spent half my life studying the history of both America and white people in general across the Pig Empire; and as a trans woman, I've seen their true face every time I left the house.
I don't know what good it does to say I told you so - but I did. Wish I was wrong, but the entire history of white (an majority Christian) people from the colonial era forward made that pretty unlikely.