Posted on 07/11/2021 11:23:32 AM PDT by libh8er
The greatest threat to American democracy today is not a repeat of January 6, but the possibility of a stolen presidential election. Contemporary democracies that die meet their end at the ballot box, through measures that are nominally constitutional. The looming danger is not that the mob will return; it’s that mainstream Republicans will “legally” overturn an election.
In 2018, when we wrote How Democracies Die, we knew that Donald Trump was an authoritarian figure, and we held the Republican Party responsible for abdicating its role as democratic gatekeeper. But we did not consider the GOP to be an antidemocratic party. Four years later, however, the bulk of the Republican Party is behaving in an antidemocratic manner. Solving this problem requires that we address both the acute crisis and the underlying long-term conditions that give rise to it.
Last year, for the first time in U.S. history, a sitting president refused to accept defeat and attempted to overturn election results. Rather than oppose this attempted coup, leading Republicans either cooperated with it or enabled it by refusing to publicly acknowledge Trump’s defeat. In the run-up to January 6, most top GOP officials refused to denounce extremist groups that were spreading conspiracy theories, calling for armed insurrection and assassinations, and ultimately implicated in the Capitol assault. Few Republicans broke with Trump after his incitement of the insurrection, and those who did were censured by their state parties.
From November 2020 to January 2021, then, a significant portion of the Republican Party refused to unambiguously accept electoral defeat, eschew violence, or break with extremist groups—the three principles that define prodemocracy parties. Because of that behavior, as well as its behavior over the past six months, we are convinced that the Republican Party leadership is willing to overturn an election.
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This article is proof and how we know with certainly that Democrats stole the 2020 election. Every time they get caught or about to get caught, they project. I am certain they know the election was stolen.
Their projection is utterly stunning.
And what of Hillary advising to never ever concede?
According to Democrats 2000, 2004 and 2016 were all stolen.
They even wrote a book about 2004:
Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our ...
https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Elections-Voter...
As I finish up and ponder “Stealing Elections” on the eve of the 2004 Presidential election, I cannot help but be alarmed at what has become of the election process in …
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Democrats never lose, they just have election stolen from them. Is it any wonder they are celebrating over 2020? They know they stole it, they are glad and they will keep doing it.
Typical Alinski; accuse them of what you do!
Wait. You actually believe President Trump lost a fair and honest election?
Don’t be a tool.
They are setting this up now so that in the event Republicans win anything, the left will claim that the election was stolen. I don’t see how left and right can coexist any more.
Only evil and ignorant people, liberals and or Democrats could write such trash.
“we knew that Donald Trump was an authoritarian figure”
The Donald never sent government agents door to door. Who is running a police state?
Psychosis may not be a requirement to teach at Harvard, but it is apparently not an impediment.
Let us correct the headline..
The bush league chamber of commerce worshipping republiCANT’S will steal the election... just like they did the last one....
The biggest obstruction to election audits are...
Bush league chamber of commerce worshipping republiCANT’S...
This article is an example of a rule which has ZERO exceptions:
If Liberals accuse Conservatives of wrongdoing, it is because the Liberals are doing this wrong orderS (emphasis on the plural) of magnitude worse.
There are no exceptions to this rule, and there never will be.
The Atlantic giddily embraces the horrors of war.
As Rush used to say, Republican power is the greatest threat to any Democrat in office. No foreign enemy, economic circumstance, natural disaster or war has a greater chance of removing them from power. So therefore, the opposition party is the greatest threat.
This should be more widely understood.
How can we have a landslide if we still have to vote on the same Digital Voting Systems that stole the last election? How deep can you bury your head in the sand?
They've received their talking points. Watch out.
If you are referring to my comment about “a lunatic conspiracy theory,” I was referring to what the LEFT calls it.
I believe the Republicans are in on the Steal.
I apologize. I failed to read between the lines. As you might know, there are actually Freepers that believe Trump lost a fair and honest election. Sorry to have assumed that of you.
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