Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did not

President Donald Trump lost. But Trumpism did not, says Michael Tackett

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Thursday. Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

President Donald Trump lost. But Trumpism did not.

It won in the parts of the country and with the voters whom Trump catered to over four years, constantly jabbing the hard edges of almost every contentious cultural issue into Red America, on the bet that fear and anger were a winning hand. It almost was.