I remember this sentiment being floated around a lot leading up to 2016. If 2020 should have taught us anything, it's that things can get worse in ways we won't expect.
A lot of people knew a global pandemic was on the horizon. That much was expected.
Trump knew. He knew and threw out the established response plan his first year. We did not expect him to be able to do that much harm.
I'm a liberal but if Trump wins because a bunch of arabs decided to not vote for him then I'm going to join up with ICE to round those guys when Trump goes full dictator.