Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore expressed his disappointment about the 2024 election results on Wednesday, criticizing Americans for re-electing Donald Trump by a significant margin. Prior to the election, the progressive director had been confident, predicting that Trump would be defeated by Vice President Kamala Harris.
"If you pause and reflect, we've committed numerous atrocities throughout our history," he wrote on MichaelMoore.com. "Such as the genocide of 20 million Native Americans, the enslavement of 12 million kidnapped Africans, or invading Vietnam and killing 4 million Asian people without any justification. We are not a good people."
Moore went on to list America's "catalogue of wicked acts" leading up to the election, condemning citizens for choosing "a 34-time convicted felon, a fascist, and a civilly-charged and convicted sexual abuser as our 47th president." This starkly contrasts his pre-election optimism.
On November 3, just two days before the election, Moore appeared on MSNBC, praising Americans: "The majority do not desire this divisiveness; they reject the threat of violence. We can disagree, but that's where it stops."
Describing Americans as generally easygoing, he added, "We vote, and whoever wins, wins. Half the time, I've been pleased with the outcome, and the other half, I haven't. Yet, we move forward with our lives."
Moore confidently predicted on MSNBC that Trump was "toast," stating, "I believe Trump supporters and the MAGA nation will be shocked by what happens on Tuesday." He reiterated, "I felt a few weeks ago that Trump was done, and I feel even stronger about it now."
In October, he ridiculed Democrats, saying, "They're such a fearful group," and told a CNN host, "They still believe Trump will win."
However, in his post-election critique on MichaelMoore.com, Moore admonished Democrats and the Harris campaign: "History might judge us more favorably if, next time, the working class doesn't witness our candidate aligning with Wall Street billionaires or celebrating endorsements from war criminals."
Moore concluded by advocating for kindness: "The initial step in countering Trump's campaign of cruelty, hatred, bigotry, misogyny, ignorance, and fear is for each of us to be kind in our daily lives." He also urged his supporters to "forgive someone," without specifying names, adding, "Just because you know you should. Because it's been too long. Because it's the right thing to do."
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