Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
At a Detroit vote count center Wednesday, the contrast between what was happening on either side of its glass doors could not have been more distinct.
Outside, a throng of white Michigan Republicans tried to shout their way past security guards into an area where mail-in ballots were being counted. Chanting “Stop the count,” they looked like extras from “The Walking Dead” as they pressed against the windows and doors, banging on them with fists.
Like President Trump, who sued Michigan and other states to get more poll watchers to observe, they wanted to thwart democracy. Meanwhile, the poll workers inside, many of them Black, went about their solemn business of recording the votes and protecting democracy.
With the largest Black population by percentage of any major American city, Detroit helped make the difference for Joe Biden, who won Michigan. That was also the case in Wisconsin, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, where Black people overwhelmingly had Biden’s back.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11...while-trump-supporters-chose-white-supremacy/
Outside, a throng of white Michigan Republicans tried to shout their way past security guards into an area where mail-in ballots were being counted. Chanting “Stop the count,” they looked like extras from “The Walking Dead” as they pressed against the windows and doors, banging on them with fists.
Like President Trump, who sued Michigan and other states to get more poll watchers to observe, they wanted to thwart democracy. Meanwhile, the poll workers inside, many of them Black, went about their solemn business of recording the votes and protecting democracy.
With the largest Black population by percentage of any major American city, Detroit helped make the difference for Joe Biden, who won Michigan. That was also the case in Wisconsin, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, where Black people overwhelmingly had Biden’s back.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11...while-trump-supporters-chose-white-supremacy/
