HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>VeroniqueB99</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoveOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoveOut</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedStates</span></a></p><p>My definite wake-up call came in May of 2022 by a classic <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@MeidasTouch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MeidasTouch</span></a></span> video about a mother trying to smuggle her pregnant daughter out of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TX</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110081024500087238" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1100</span><span class="invisible">81024500087238</span></a></p><p>Even a year ago, I had been preaching it for a long time, e.g.:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110270626924033484" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1102</span><span class="invisible">70626924033484</span></a></p><p> And if you look at one of my central threads, this scenario has become all the more likely by the nomination of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a> as the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> nominee:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110128712544929842" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1101</span><span class="invisible">28712544929842</span></a></p><p>Leaving the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> has merit.</p>