Where were the "Republicans need to rethink/rebrand/fix..." threads after the 2020 election?

[Open Source Intelligence]

Did I miss them? I don't remember many blue avatars having an ounce of introspection after Trump lost the 2020 election by almost five points. I actually don't remember many even admitting that he lost.

Yet, after Harris' 1.5% loss, many Dems on here (rightfully) want to learn some lessons and come back stronger.

Why are Dems always the ones who are expected to grovel after they lose an election, while Republicans can just deny or deflect and wait for the tides to turn in their favor?

Well this board is probably about 80% Democrat, so none of the Democrats had any interest in the Republicans fixing themselves. That's why they on one hand railed about the evils of MAGA, and then on the other hand fought via attention and fundraising to ensure the people that won contested GOP primaries were the most MAGA candidate instead of the more moderate one. They just cared about winning, they didn't really care about the health of this country.

[Reactionary Libertarian]

Why is skin lightening cream so popular in many South Asian and East Asian cultures?

Doesn't this sort of practice predate the era of European colonialism in these parts of the world by quite some time and have roots in other aesthetic ideals? (To be fair, I imagine these days it interacts a fair bit with the factors you're pointing towards here.)

Male preference for lighter skin (relative to group color) is universal. Nothing to do with white supremacy. Females have lighter skin than males in all racial groups.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Perhaps another underrated reason is that in 2020 even though Rs lost, there were still places that showed long term potential (i.e. Hispanics in many places shifting hard right), whereas 2024 was remarkably close to a blanket swing right - there was nowhere Harris did particularly well relative to Biden.

[Roll Roons]

It's about expectations. Trump was expected to lose by much more than he actually did and Democrats were expected to do much better in the Senate and the House.

Because the tipping point states all ended up close and because congressional Republicans overperformed, Republicans saw this as a coin-flip that happened to not go in their favor.

[Reactionary Libertarian]

It's about expectations. Trump was expected to lose by much more than he actually did and Democrats were expected to do much better in the Senate and the House.

Because the tipping point states all ended up close and because congressional Republicans overperformed, Republicans saw this as a coin-flip that happened to not go in their favor.

Also why 2022 is seen as a Republican loss and 2024 as a Republican win despite the outcomes being extremely similar.