Obviously nothing is going to take away the fear and pain that a Donald Trump win has brought to your morning but people voted on more stuff than just the presidency and, as a result, there were a few (very) small moment of hope to cling on to.
Here are a few sort-of-good things that happened.
Noted douche Sheriff Joe Arpaio lost his seat
If you don’t know who Joe Arpaio is, he was, until last night, the sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona and had been since 1993. He is also a douche who took a notably tough stance on immigration and was a big advocate for the birther movement which, again for the uninitiated, are those people who believe that President Barack Obama is not a US citizen and has a fraudulent birth certificate. Sigh. During his 23 years as sheriff, old Joe’s office has failed to properly investigate at least 32 reported child molestations – most where victims were children of undocumented immigrants. He is currently facing criminal charges over failure to stop his immigration patrols after ordered to by a judge because of complaints of racial profiling.
Anyway – he’s out. Replaced by Democrat Paul Penzone.
Donald Trump was weirdly not a douche about Hillary in his acceptance speech
In fact, he actually thanked her. ‘I congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard fought campaign.’ He said. ‘Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time and we owe her a major debt of gratitude to her for her service of our country. I mean that very sincerely.’ No ‘nasty woman’? Perhaps he’s growing as a person? Now would definitely be a good time for him to get started on that.
Marijuana was legalised in plenty of places.
Loads of states legalised marijuana including California, Massachusetts and Nevada who join Colorado as states where you can buy weed for recreational use. Florida, North Dakota, and Arkansas also passed laws where marijuana is legal for medical use. Snoop Dogg was happy. Well. For a bit. Then he found out Trump won.
Also, while we’re talking about liberal bills being passed, Colorado voted to allow assisted suicide which means that now, Colorado residents who are over 18 and have less than six months to live can request assistance to die.
MICHELLE 2020 is already trending
And we’re with her all the way.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.