During a Wednesday night broadcast, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow delivered an inspiring talk to Democrats who are despondent over the results of this week's election.
Many Americans felt like they were living in a nightmare for much of yesterday as the reality of Donald Trump's return to the White House hit. According to Maddow, there is little time to lick wounds. Instead, she says, it is time to mobilize and fight back.
The host began:
"All right you guys. We were made for this. We were made for this. This is what we trained for. Have you taken your deep breaths? Have you, in fact, hydrated? Have you had any sleep? I know you didn’t. We didn’t either. But you know, we now have got stuff to do. We really were, in some important ways, as Americans, made for this."
Maddow then argued, "they’re counting on the half the country that voted against them, half the country that doesn’t want to give up our system of government. They’re counting on all those tens of millions of Americans to be despondent, to feel powerless, to check out, which, of course, would mean letting them do what they want, letting them run the table."
The MSNBC host closed her message:
"Hope you are feeling scrappy. Hope you are tapping into your inner pirate energy, because it is one thing to be a defender of the realm. It is another thing to be in opposition. And opposition can be a lot of things. It can be dangerous, but can also be fun. Would have been nice to win the election. Didn’t? Okay? Time to save the country."