Monday 3 January 2022

Republicans are still going on about the "false" 2020 election

There are a lot of stories and commentaries and editorial pieces in the US papers today about how America's democracy is truly at stake. Why? Because, aided and abetted by Donald Trump, a huge number of Republicans, voters and "lawmakers", still believe that Joe Biden falsely won the 2020 presidential election. It is totally unbelievable that this is still the case after very nearly a year since a bunch of wild Trump supporters charged Capitol Hill and took over the sacred parliamentary building to try and overturn the election verdict. It was the most scandalous event of 2021 and there are many sensible and intelligent people in the US who fear that this sort of incident could happen again. I believe they are right. There is a burning resentment in many parts of America that won't go away and Trump is still peddling his conviction that he and not Biden should have won the election when patently the voting records show that Biden lawfully and constitutionally was the victor. Let me paint the worst possible scenario: Trump announces later this year that he is definitely going to stand for reelection in 2024, his supporters go wild and then in 2024 he loses for the second time by a relatively small margin. Would there then be another assault on the Capitol, but this time far more organised and deadly? I have to say the chances must be high. Senior politicians such as Hillary Clinton and Liz Cheney (Republican!) are warning of the dangers facing democracy in the US if Trump were to win in 2024. But actually if he nearly wins but loses to Biden or whoever, the dangers are still there because his supporters will not accept it. All those terrible images of January 6, 2021, will come flooding back. Scary? Definitely.

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