You had two options and one was clearly far worse than the other. This nuanced-excuse-making and “the democrats also occasionally do things I don’t like” is lazy. Take responsibility for letting the mob take over - even if it was just by inaction.

I didn’t turn 18 in the last several years

So the odds I’m talking about the current administration are low

I wrote that I have voted for an agency appointment before, and the person I replied to also is suggesting to do that again

yes, only democrats use the meme “voting against their best interest”, sometimes this voting pattern includes or excludes them