THE BEGINNING...
The morning of November 6, 2018: ELECTION DAY, Leesburg, Virginia
It was raining in Northern Virginia.
Jared S., a low level Republican White House staffer who worked in communications, jumped across a puddle that had collected at the entrance to the driveway of 203 Maplewood. Thud - he landed partly in the water, and suddenly his shoes were soaked even more than they already were.
He was knocking on doors for Barbara Comstock. He wished he had taken that bus to Richmond to help in VA-05 instead. At least it wasn't raining in Richmond, and Dave Brat, as much has Jared disliked him, at least had a better chance to win. He didn't really believe, in his heart of hearts, that Comstock would win. But oh well, someone had to fight the good fight. And who knows - in 2016 he didn't really think that Trump would win either! And maybe this rain, as horrible as it was for him, would also depress Democratic turnout.
15 seconds after Jared's finger hit the doorbell, 43 year old Margaret W, a white college-educated suburban mother of 3, answered the door and saw Jared's Comstock T-shirt. "Comstock, huh? She's the Republican, right?," she asked. Jared started to respond, "Yes Ma'am. I'm Jared, I..." But Margaret interrupted him before he could finish his sentence: "I ****ing hate Trump's guts. I already voted first thing this morning for Wexler. Go away and never come back!!!" The door, wet from the rain, slammed and sprayed drops of water onto his face.
Jared sighed quietly to himself. His list was only supposed to have strong confirmed Republicans, but this was yet another angry woman voting for a Democrat, the fourth in the last 2 hours. Although he'd spent half an hour at the campaign office sifting through Comstock's opposition research on Wexler, he'd barely gotten to mention any of it to voters. So many voters wouldn't even listen to what he had to say. It seemed like this was a lost cause, and he was ready to go get some lunch. Anything for a break from this hellish rain.
I feel bad for Jared even though he is fake
