The Trump Coup rolls on. Fueled by Trump’s brittle ego, idiocy, malice and the political cowardice of most all elected Republicans, this sad spectacle seems like the perfect ending to the reality show Presidency. It feels more like “Moon over Parador” than any type of real 1/
threat but it is a threat nevertheless. Trump’s voter fraud lies are like poison. Cyanide. DEMOCRACIES require faith and belief in the legitimacy of free and fair elections. The entire system is built on this proposition. The American polity is being poisoned by Trump’s lies, 2/
conspiracy theories, baseless lawsuits and refusal to concede in an election he lost. The conduct of GOP leaders remains appalling. Everyone of them knows that Joe Biden is the legitimate President-Elect and that Trump had been defeated. This is all about them trying to avoid 3/
Trump’s retribution in Georgia. Apparently the plan is to sate the insatiable ego of the defeated President by bending to the arc of his whims, fantasies and fabulisms. Trump hangs over the heads of all the ‘24 candidates and the Georgia runoff like Damocles Sword. What to do 4/
about a problem like @realDonaldTrump ? For now, for the most part, GOP leaders, forever tainted by the stench of Trump have refused to recognize a legitimate election result. Erdogan has. They have not. Biden is right. They will, but not before more division is sewn and our 5/
democracy is further weakened. The pandemic is raging out of control. Each day of unnecessary delay during the transition process will kill Americans. It is immoral. The American people have spoken. Trump lost. The Trump coup rolls on. Soon it will roll over the edge of the cliff
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