Joe Conason: The Nation Is Rejecting Trump

[babylonsister]

https://www.nationalmemo.com/the-nation-is-rejecting-trump


The Nation Is Rejecting Trump
Joe Conason
November 06 | 2020

snip//

Peaceful elections, peaceful counting of ballots and a peaceful transition of power are the hallmarks of American democracy, and every offense against those traditions is an attack on our country. It may not be "treason," a term abused relentlessly by Trump in his vicious tweets, but it is surely a betrayal of this nation's values and of the oath taken by the president and every other officeholder.

Sooner, rather than later, all the votes will be counted. Neither Trump nor his mobs can stop the completion of that democratic work, even if they cause difficulty and delay. Neither can his lawyers, at least not so far, although they will surely try.

And when that work is done, a few important things will be clear. Despite all the noise and intimidation, Americans stepped forward in unprecedented numbers to express their democratic will. We have not seen such a large proportion of the electorate actually vote for almost a century, and we have never seen sheer numbers of this magnitude, now expected to exceed 150 million. It is true — and, frankly, dismaying — that the corrupt and inept Trump has gotten more votes than he won in 2016. But his portion of the total popular vote is likely to be lower than the share won by Mitt Romney in 2012.

Regardless of the threats, intimidation and suppression, Joe Biden is on course to achieve a popular-vote mandate of historic proportions. While that majority won't make Biden president in our distorted system, he seems destined to win the Electoral College as well. Either way, however, the enormous turnout represents a robust national confidence in democracy and a powerful repudiation of Trump.

That just may be enough to save America.

[luv2fly]

1. Ehhh, maybe a little yeah

"... and a powerful repudiation of Trump."

Not with almost half the country voting for him.

Our message needs to be made clearer, and by young folks.

[ariadne0614]

2. It was worth reading the entire piece. n/t

[Grins]

3. The voters! Doing what a Republican Senate refused to do on 05 Feb 2020