If you follow the anti-Trump narratives in the news, you are being told that Trump – and Trump alone – is undermining public confidence by declaring that the election is being stolen from him. There is no doubt that he has warned of that prospect before the election, complained about the process during the voting period and made that claim since one after another state slipped from his column to the Biden list.
For a man who has made a habit of bellicose bluster and baseless claims, that should come as no surprise. However, we should not be overly concerned that Trump is using whatever legal and constitutional tools are available to him to try to win re-election in an illegal, inappropriate or unprecedented way. Note, that I said, “legal and constitutional.” That is critical to understanding what is going on.
The fact that these “legal and constitutional” resources are being deployed in a situation where they stand virtually no chance of overturning the election is inconsequential – and it is not, in any way, a threat to democracy or the Republic as the hyper-hostile Trump critics contend.
Nothing untoward is happening with regard to the Trump challenges, and nothing untoward will happen. Contrary to the false accusations we see riddled throughout the news media, Trump is not trying to over-throw the election by illegal means. His refusal to concede in the face of growing evidence against him is not common, but also not unprecedented. Virtually every action by the so-called Trump team in this election has been seen in the past.
The rights and powers of electors have been challenged in the past. There have been serious efforts to have electors break with their promises and expectations and vote for a candidate other than the one they pledged to support. In fact, many Democrats attempted to pressure electors to switch away from Trump in 2016 as part of the pre-natal #NeverTrump Resistance Movement – even reports of attempted bribery, which is illegal.
Despite all the political scaremongering, nothing … NOTHING … has transpired on the Trump side that is outside the protective guardrails of our Constitution and the laws that ensued. So far, no one on team-Trump is breaking any law – or even proposing to break a law. The system is working as well as it was intended when it was crafted in 1789.
It is certainly arguable that Trumps words – as opposed to his actions – are promoting distrust in the electoral process. Claiming that if he loses when all the certifications are complete, the court challenges have been lost and the Electoral College has voted that the election was criminally rigged is both wrong and irresponsible. There are two truths that conflict with the narratives. It is possible … probable … that there has been significant vote fraud – but not enough to flip the election back to Trump.
Accusations of such fraud abound, but the hard evidence that is required in courts-of-law is lacking – partly because election fraud is among the most difficult crimes to prove because of the secrecy of the ballots.
However, those sanctimonious critics who accuse Trump, specifically, and Republicans, in general, of undermining democracy by subverting the electoral process are as much – and arguable even more – the blame for any distrust in the election results and process. Those spreading cheap-novel conspiracy theories about Trump seizing power – or even using the constitutional road through the state legislatures – to flip the Electoral College are doing more to sow unnecessary and unreasonable anxieties among the public than Trump – and further generating national divisiveness.
The obsessively Trump-hating press shamefully uses such terms as “attempting a bloodless coup.” That is shameful hyperbole beyond all reality. The reports are filled with mendacious speculative claims of what dark deeds in which Trump will soon engage despite any facts or history to support them.
Apart from the level of potential vote fraud, the American electoral system is working perfectly – protecting the rights of both candidates and, more importantly of the American people. Some elections are more controversial than others, but the system has never failed – the Constitution has never been violated. It is just that sometimes it takes more time than others to have the system work. We should all celebrate that the system – with its flaws and weaknesses – is still stronger than any candidate and any political party. Our mission as citizens is to keep it that way.
This election also affirms the Founders’ wisdom in creating the Electoral College. It is the institution that will settle all controversies and claims and provide the nation with a duly elected President – avoiding months and even years of constitutional crises and destructive uncertainty as the issue makes its way through the courts.
So, there ‘tis.
President Trump has done more for the USA than any other President and I’m not financially able to support him but my prayers are with him and I’m still believing he will win four more years MAY GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VP PENCE AND THEIR FAMILES
I followed this thing from the time Trump was elected and there was no doubt in my mind that Trump would win by a landslide. Biden could not draw a crowd to save his soul. For Biden to win like they say he is there has to be one hell of a lot of vote stealing. If we let those bastards get away with this America will be communist forever and I refuse to live under communism.
YEAH! AND I BET YOU VOTED FOR BIDEN AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY! YOU TRASH FOOLS NO ONE!
I totally agree with you Richard and no one can deny what came out today. It is plain and simple—-the system was corrupt and so were some of the people that worked the poles. It is no wonder when you have a man that stays in the basement most of the day, it is sad to put him in that trick at his age. Our country has gone down and it is time to stop illegals from entering this country and for people such as Soros need to be stopped. My country has gone bad!
Richard I agree. This is not a Patriot News Source ! This is a biased piece of crap….
Unsubscribing now!
There is proof of fraud, you just don’t want to admit it. Apparently you are a liberal supporter. Biden is nothing but a puppet and as soon as the election is called in the liberals favor, camel harris will play the 25th amendment card and become the racist thug president.
On election night President Trump had a strong lead which dissolved overnight when mysterious bags of ballots appeared in battle ground states all in favor of Biden. The voting machines made in Canada had a software glitch and were built by a company with an Antifa member as an executive.
I believe that the Democrate pảty and Biden stole the 2020 election.
no one in the right mind elected a dementia old man like Biden to be The President of USA.
President Trump is the best president since President Reagan. He has done so much for our country to improve it. Don’t know how any sane person can’t realize the truth about all he has accomplished. In spite of all the hatred and lies he has had to endure, he DOES love this country!! The Democrat party is trying to ruin the USA with their Socialist/Communist agenda and their hatred for all who don’t agree with their views. It was the Obama administration that started all the racism and division. I am ashamed that I was ever registered as a Democrat but thankfully I saw the light. Can’t believe how corrupt they have become.
OK GUYS,..YOU JUST UNDERMINED YOUR SO CALLED ‘NEWS’ .TOTALLY!!!
YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR NAME TO ‘SHEEP’S NEWS”, OR SOCIALIST NEWS.
I AM NOW UNSUBSCRIBING, THAT WAS THE LEFT HANDED CRICKETS CHIRPING FOR SURE.
YOU ARE IN NO WAY ‘PATRIOTS’ IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THIS INTELLECTUAL SOUNDING DRIVEL.
DO YOU REALLY THINK WE ARE IDIOTS?
I GUESS GEORGE SOREASS GOT TO YOU TOO.
I don’t know if you are correct; there is some astonishing evidence of large numbers being switched and manipulated. However, the numbers that the cheaters get away with in uncontested counties will be the deciding factor, supposing that we get honest officials (yeah, right!) where it counts. I have seen 2 examples of the software removing many Trump votes and giving them to Biden right before our eyes while CNN was showing the tally: here on Trump’s total one second, removed from Trump’s tally and gone to Biden’s tally in the next half-second: 20,000 votes the first time.
You must be one of the few that voted for Biden. Trump is fighting for our country. The left is the one deteriorating our elections
BULL SHIT !!!!!
President Trump is the only honest and caring person in the political system. You are all jealous of his accomplishments and his promises kept. This is all a hoax the democrats cooked up over the past five years.
Rudy laid out the fraud that occured in the PA vote. Clear and pure evidence of fraud. He has many more cards to play as to the other states. It will all come to light at the Supreme Court. Your words of the election being fair and honest show your bias toward Biden. My motto is believe only half of what you hear, half of what you read, and nothing the news media and democrat politicians tell you.
The problem with this vote, as I see it, is with states like California, where they have banned checking IDs at the polls, fail miserably at purging deceased people out of the voting roles and removing people that have left the state. There is also the problem of California issuing Drivers Licenses to illegal aliens, then implementing the Motor/Voter system where the DMV automatically signed up licensed drivers to vote. How may illegal drivers voted? I understand that many states have gone this way.
So how many dead, illegal, and ex-residents illegally voted?
No way to tell at this point.
This guy is a nut case, Trump will win and American patriots will prevail again!!!
What a bunch of garbage. Negative Trumper as usual. He is my president NOT JOE BIDEN AND BIDEN WILL NEVER BE MY PRESIDENT LIKE OBAMA WASN’T.
I am truly sad for all those who still believe this grifter. He lost, but he is still trying to take as much money from you as he can. Read carefully anything asking you for a donation. It will be pre-checked to be taken from your account monthly. Don’t continue to be hoodwinked. He does not, and never has, cared for this country. He only cares about himself.