The Soon to be Former 45th President of the United States Undermining American Democracy
The ides of November have passed us by in a slow trickle. The nearly three weeks that have passed since Election Day feel more like three months, as President Trump refuses to concede that he lost his reelection bid to former Vice President Joe Biden.
In my estimation, the President did not lose because of “voter fraud,” but rather because Americans have grown weary of the President’s blasé protestations and machinations.
The President’s legal teams have lost, conclusively, in every court challenge they have brought seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The “witnesses” and “evidence” they have presented to those courts are not just flimsy, but bordering on fanciful and sanctionable. There is no credible evidence that systematic or widespread voter fraud occurred (though there may be isolated examples of irregularities that did not alter the outcome).
#TheKraken set to be unleashed on Georgia turned out to be nothing more than a baby octopus. I’m sure the federal court will make sashimi out of it in no time.
The President’s no-nothing brand of populism is well-suited for the occasion we find ourselves in now. Only the President “knows the real truth” and “everyone else is lying.”
The President’s most avid supporters need not review the 38 court filings, scrutinize the evidence, and read the judicial opinions lambasting the shysters who filed them. They need not discover that the President actually dropped most of his claims of voter fraud in the courts long ago.
They need only listen to “news networks” like OAN and consume the President’s Twitter feed — both of which are wretchedly poisonous to our civic society.
But, January 20th is just around the corner. Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. For someone who claims to honor the “will of the people,” he is sure having a difficult time understanding their resounding message: “You’re fired.”
the irked moderate 