Now-former Democratic party deputy treasurer Barbara Goldberg Goldman stepped down following an email she wrote to party members questioning whether Maryland could successfully elect a Black candidate for governor.

At some point during Donald Trump‘s miserable presidency, I remember joking that the next white male presidential candidate to come after him won’t have a chance because Trump had set a bad example for his whole demographic—because that’s still the way that works, right?

Because during Barack Obama‘s presidency, especially during his first term, this sentiment was echoed constantly by white conservatives who had it in their heads that the two-term president was doing a horrible job.

“Good luck ever electing another Black president after this disaster.”

For nearly eight years, I saw variations of this comment.