The crowds have been out in Washington, waving banners, shouting slogans and refusing to accept the results of a free and fair election. The blame lies entirely with Donald Trump. To his already long list of personal failings, we can add another: he’s not just a loser… he’s a bad loser. His claims that the election was rigged are entirely baseless, his lawsuits without merit. If he had conceded defeat, and congratulated Joe Biden on winning the election, then (most of) his followers would have accepted the result too… albeit grudgingly. Instead he is whipping up his followers into a frenzy, and putting democracy at risk, just to give himself an outside chance of a second term as president.
The battle in the USA is no longer between Republicans and Democrats; it’s between democracy and mob rule. People will die as a direct result of Trump’s intransigence. Worse, they’ll die in vain, because his cynical ploys won’t work. Donald Trump will vacate the White House, one way or another, and Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president…
South Dalton in the Yorkshire Wolds...
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