February 10, 2021
By the numbers, Joe Biden is president of the United States because he won the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin by a combined total of some 43,000 votes.
But he also owes his victory to the groundwork laid by Democrats and their media allies one year before, during the first impeachment of Donald Trump over his supposedly strings-attached demand that the Ukrainian government investigate alleged corruption involving Biden’s son, Hunter.
The first impeachment failed to oust Trump from office, but it helped secure the White House for Biden. It shielded him from scrutiny, enabling him and his supporters to cast allegations during the campaign about dubious Biden family business ties as rehashed Trumpian conspiracy theories.
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Over the same time period, the problems it seeks to address have gotten worse. Members of the LGBTQ community and people of faith increasingly see their careers threatened or family plans complicated due to their beliefs about sexuality, marriage and gender.
“There are really entrenched groups on the fringes of both sides of the political spectrum who are more comfortable fighting about this forever” than discussing legislative solutions, said Tyler Deaton, who is part of the coalition behind the bill.
Resistance from those groups and others has so far hindered the Fairness for All Act’s progress. But the 2020 election gave the bill’s supporters hope that their proposals will soon get a fair shake.