
Donald Trump’s supporters couldn’t overturn the election , but they … STILL MIGHT DESTROY AMERICA !!! … OH MY !!! …
A year ago on Capitol Hill, it felt like the end of something. Or of some things.
The long, unbroken tradition of the peaceful transfer of power that George Washington invented and Ronald Reagan had memorably bragged was central to America’s greatness was an obvious casualty amid the violence and chaos and screaming lunatic weirdness of Jan. 6, 2021. And with it, maybe, the smug sense of exceptionalism that has long made Americans so certain that their democracy could never be seriously threatened by wannabe strongmen and the mobs they inspire.
But as the riot ended, it felt like the end of still more than that. As the tear gas and smoke bombs dissipated, the riot was put down, the insurrectionists dispersed and Congress resumed its historic business of certifying the election, a fever seemed to have broken. A kind of twisted, howling madness that had gripped American politics through the vector of Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican party — a stew of white resentment, cartoonish conspiracy theories and thuggishly authoritarian impulses — had shown what it was capable of becoming: not just a personality-driven political phenomenon, but an actual threat to American democracy.
Hey Eddy ! … Spare us your excited leftwing nut diatribe and CTFD !!! …
” wannabe strongmen and the mobs they inspire … “
” the vector of Donald Trump’s TAKEOVER of the Republican party … “
Gimmie a break !!! … He rants on …
But here is one of the most telling results of that poll: one year after Jan. 6, 2021, only 55 per cent of Americans believe President Joe Biden legitimately won the election.
Trump’s big lie, the one that inspired the insurrectionist assault on the Capitol a year ago, has prevailed against all evidence for a huge chunk of the public, including the roughly 75 per cent of Republicans who doubt the legitimacy of Biden’s presidency.
As much as — or perhaps even more than — before, it is Trump’s party.
Sorry ’bout your luck Eddy … You DID say Trump took the party over after all !!! …
Moreover, Republican-led state governments have been rewriting rules to further ensure majorities for themselves, to restrict voting in ways that seem likely to suppress Democratic constituencies …
You mean RE-INSTATING EXISTING rules , such as voter I.D. , voting ONCE only , clear visual access for vote tally observers , etc ? …












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