From David Corn's newsletter, Our Land, November 9, 2024:
"To survive, our political system—like any system—must be able to protect itself. And it has not done so. The 2024 election elevated to the highest office in the land a narcissistic and deceitful demagogue who less than four years ago tried to destroy this system through lies, scheming, and violence. When he failed to sabotage it, the system did not punish or expel him. Though many who work within it tried to—a majority, actually, if you look at Congress alone—they did not succeed, and the rules allowed him to remain a participant. This was a historic failure, and now Donald Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts for falsifying business documents to cover up hush-money payments to a porn star and found liable for fraud and sexual assault and who has been described by former aides as a “fascist” and a clear and present danger to American democracy, has won a presidential election with the support of more than half the nation. The system has not worked, and its very existence is now threatened."
P.S. "Why is it that the right cannot acknowledge that Russia has intervened in the 2016 election (the hack-and-dump operation and a clandestine social media campaign), in the 2020 election (pushing disinformation about Joe Biden), and now in the 2024 election? They keep covering for Putin. This is hardly America First."
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