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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Yup.
Just wait until 2024 when the democrat wins by more votes than there are people on the planet.
Glad I never went to Haaavahd.
Is the Atlantic trying to be the Babylon Bee? If they are, they need help...
“It’s a lunatic conspiracy theory to say that Dems stole an election,”
There are numerous well documented cases where they stole elections.
Look at how they rig primaries to give that idiot Bernie the shaft in favor of Cruella DeCankles.
Peak desperation
So any election Republicans win are stolen?
The insane left wants power forever at any cost to America.
Democrat controlled cities run red with the blood of innocent people everyday, and Democrats don’t give a damn about anything but eternal government control forever!
Lies, everyday they spew lies and hatred of conservative christians, all for their power mad politics.
God save America from the Democrats!!!
Long time between now and then. I think the wool has been pulled off a lot of eyes. I don’t think there will be much room for digital manipulation in the coming elections. God willing...
Anyone who thinks we will ever unite again is delusional.
Go back to the podesta emails where John Podesta himself feared that Barack Obama was bringing in illegal voters in the Colorado primary against Hillary. If the black Jesus could steal an election then anyone can steal an election.
How are you going to stop it? They did it in the dark of night and used the system against us. Nothing has changed. They will do the same things again but this time they will have no caution because nothing has been done about 2020. They know they can do it now with impunity. Why can't you recognize that?
Project thee much, you radical, communist, totalitarian, despotic psychopaths who are leading us to civil war. Be careful what you wish for. You simply can not see what you’re doing, can you?
I am not delusional.
This is what Viva Frei calls “Confession through Projection”.
To the Atlantic, having any kind of election integrity laws = “stealing an election”, not y’know...stuffing ballot boxes.
See post #38.
Where do these clowns live?
“It was the second one that got him.”
Film noir quote from The Racket by William Conrad, as he is reloading his gun.
These people are so corrupt and spoiled they project what they are doing and are clueless about it.
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