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Trump’s threats aren’t performative he’s pointing a loaded gun at democracy.
January 5, 2021
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If people “define situations as real, they are real in their consequences,” William Isaac Thomas and Dorothy Swaine Thomas wrote in 1928. That sociological insight often referred to as the Thomas theorem offers the best way to think about this peculiar moment in American politics.
It’s what the “senior Republican official” quoted by
The Washington Post in early November, on how to respond to President Donald Trump’s baseless allegations of electoral fraud, failed to understand. “What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?” the official asked.
“You Fuckers Really Screwed This Up”: A Message from James Madison on the 2020 Electoral Count
What in the ever-loving spirit of Liberty have you fuckwads done with the Republic? I admit that we didn’t exactly set you up for success by creating the Electoral College. It was a dumb idea, I was against it before I was for it, and we had to change it almost immediately after we started using it.
But sweet Judy blue eyes, Americans! You, the Devil, and Ted Cruz found an entirely new way to shit the bed.
Personally, I thought the president should be elected by the great mass of the people. When I say “the people,” I mean
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Should Americans, through their elected representatives, choose to discard the Electoral College, the decision must be reached through open debate not backroom deals.