Progressives have responded in extraordinary ways since Donald Trump secured a whopping 312 Electoral College votes to win the presidency for a second time. Some have thrown temper tantrums. Others have expressed elitist disdain. And some have decried the 75.6 million Americans who voted for Trump as uneducated, sexist and racist.

Leftists' inability for self-reflection, along with their self-righteousness and delusional sense of superiority, have been stunning to observe in the wake of the Republican Party's sweeping victory.

If progressives don't want to understand why voters rejected them and Vice President Kamala Harris by a wide margin, that's fine by me. It's their loss. The nation will leave them even further behind as conservatives shape the future.

Even so, I hope even more Americans will soon see that they, too, will benefit from a conservative president.

In the days after the election, leading leftists reacted with scorn for everyday Americans, slamming their intellectual capacity, moral center and choices. Here's a sample:

So much is so wrong with these pronouncements about America and Americans. To start, voters........

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