We've used the word so much in the last four years that it has almost lost its meaning. What we are seeing right now is unprecedented. He is refusing to accept defeat (which we all sort of knew he would) and the Republicans in Congress are supporting it.
What?
That's the part that I think we all figured wouldn't happen.
I mean, I'm not sure why as they've aided and abetted him for his entire presidency but...
For me it was because I knew that once he lost they would realize they didn't have use for him anymore. What I didn't think about is that they see that they've lost the party. It's his right now. Still. And they need that base. So as I heard (NPR maybe?) Trump might be going away but Trumpism is here to stay.
But right now it feels a bit like he's not going away either.
He is suing in every way he can think of. The cases are getting tossed right away because there is no merit to them, but he's still doing it. He has his lapdog Barr issuing statements the the DOJ will look into any substantial accusations of voter fraud, which there aren't any, so they aren't but just by saying it it makes it look like maybe there are to his base. He's working on a budget for next year. A budget. For next year. That would be presented to Congress in February. A month after he is supposed to leave office.
He's acting like it won't happen.
Like he didn't lose.
I've read way too many doomsday scenarios about what he wants to do, how they want to put in their own electors at the state level who won't go with the vote. How if he can get it tossed to the House of Representatives to review it would actually end up with a Republican majority because of counties or something? It was all very complicated. But basically he wants it in front of the Supreme Court first. If he can't do that he wants to use faithless electors. Any means necessary.
And they are letting him.
He's grabbed them by the Constitutional Crisis and they are letting him get away with it.
I'm trying really hard not to be worried. But it's so difficult to think that THIS TIME he won't get away with it. I mean, it's a coup, he shouldn't be able to get away with it, but right now it looks like he might.
This week has also seen a mass exodus of Republicans to Parler. It's a social media site to compete with Twitter and Facebook. The bragging rights are that there is no censorship. So basically all of the disinformation that has been tagged on Facebook and Twitter as being untrue is spreading there unchecked. Honestly there is a new conspiracy theory every day on how the Democrats stole this election and how the only places where votes should count was where Republicans won and the rest is all fraud.
They literally cannot imagine a world in which they lost.
Which I get. I totally do. I was there four years ago. But instead of thinking the votes were wrong I lamented the fact that the votes didn't matter. It's heartbreaking and a bit terrifying when you see someone elected that you think is going to cause nothing but chaos.
Now I've found out it's terrifying to see them not get elected as well.
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