Trump proved proved "that the most vicious campaign of lies, misogyny, racism, and xenophobia ever waged—and yes, I am including his previous two campaigns—was not enough to stop nearly half the country from supporting him. …
It is a disastrous revelation about what the United States really is, as opposed to the country that so many hoped that it could be."
~ Susan Glasser
Second statement quoted by Charlie Sykes, /19 above.