Diogenes
1 account to rule them all
Donald Trump is not trying to simply undermine President-elect Joe Biden's presidency, nor is he primarily trying to position himself for a 2024 presidential run, as many have suggested.
No, Trump's No. 1 goal is to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
It's time for President-elect Biden and other Democratic leaders to describe his actions in the most forceful and universally understandable language possible.
And that means, in this case, calling them part of an attempted coup to illegally overthrow the Biden presidency.
Experts warn that Trump's actions are a threat to our democracy.
Italy's Benito Mussolini and Nazi Germany's Hitler amassed power through bullying.
These types of leaders treat silence or muted responses as a sign of weakness, emboldening them to push further with their authoritarian goals.
Democrats have to ask themselves how they want history to view them: as those who fought ferociously against Trump's efforts to undermine our election or as those who unintentionally appeased him with their silence, allowing him to decimate our democracy.
Democrats cannot hope that simply ignoring Trump will persuade him to give up.
His brazen attempts to defraud the American public now include pressuring local GOP elected officials to join his plot.
Even assuming Trump does vacate the White House on Jan. 20, these types of attacks could have long-term consequences, especially without clear, forceful push-back.
Countless authoritarian regimes began as democracies.
Attempts to remain in power against the will of the people are not business as usual in America — they are more akin to something seen in banana republics.
A Reuters poll released Wednesday found that only 73 percent of Americans said Biden won the election, while 52 percent of Republicans say Trump "rightfully won."
This is incredibly disturbing, and probably unprecedented.
Team Biden must also repeatedly highlight Trump's lack of credible evidence of voter fraud.
Common sense tells us that if the assertions by Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani of a "national conspiracy" to rig the election were true, the Trump effort would have more to show for it.
It has been nearly three weeks since Election Day.
Instead, Trump's lawyers lashed out at reporters when pressed for details or data.
In fact, Giuliani essentially admitted Tuesday in federal court in Pennsylvania that there is no voter fraud, stating, "This is not a fraud case."
On Saturday night, a federal judge dismissed the Trump campaign's lawsuit in Pennsylvania, calling it a "strained legal argument without merit."
The same thing happened in Arizona, where Trump's lawyer conceded to the judge that Trump was not alleging voter fraud.
The actions of the Trump campaign in November could be considered part of a criminal conspiracy to deprive the voters of their rights.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opini...empted-coup-biden-other-democrats-ncna1248573
No, Trump's No. 1 goal is to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
It's time for President-elect Biden and other Democratic leaders to describe his actions in the most forceful and universally understandable language possible.
And that means, in this case, calling them part of an attempted coup to illegally overthrow the Biden presidency.
Experts warn that Trump's actions are a threat to our democracy.
Italy's Benito Mussolini and Nazi Germany's Hitler amassed power through bullying.
These types of leaders treat silence or muted responses as a sign of weakness, emboldening them to push further with their authoritarian goals.
Democrats have to ask themselves how they want history to view them: as those who fought ferociously against Trump's efforts to undermine our election or as those who unintentionally appeased him with their silence, allowing him to decimate our democracy.
Democrats cannot hope that simply ignoring Trump will persuade him to give up.
His brazen attempts to defraud the American public now include pressuring local GOP elected officials to join his plot.
Even assuming Trump does vacate the White House on Jan. 20, these types of attacks could have long-term consequences, especially without clear, forceful push-back.
Countless authoritarian regimes began as democracies.
Attempts to remain in power against the will of the people are not business as usual in America — they are more akin to something seen in banana republics.
A Reuters poll released Wednesday found that only 73 percent of Americans said Biden won the election, while 52 percent of Republicans say Trump "rightfully won."
This is incredibly disturbing, and probably unprecedented.
Team Biden must also repeatedly highlight Trump's lack of credible evidence of voter fraud.
Common sense tells us that if the assertions by Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani of a "national conspiracy" to rig the election were true, the Trump effort would have more to show for it.
It has been nearly three weeks since Election Day.
Instead, Trump's lawyers lashed out at reporters when pressed for details or data.
In fact, Giuliani essentially admitted Tuesday in federal court in Pennsylvania that there is no voter fraud, stating, "This is not a fraud case."
On Saturday night, a federal judge dismissed the Trump campaign's lawsuit in Pennsylvania, calling it a "strained legal argument without merit."
The same thing happened in Arizona, where Trump's lawyer conceded to the judge that Trump was not alleging voter fraud.
The actions of the Trump campaign in November could be considered part of a criminal conspiracy to deprive the voters of their rights.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opini...empted-coup-biden-other-democrats-ncna1248573
