It's been 17 days since our last election (and 1446 days until the next one), but the fight over the results continues, despite everyone who supported Biden (including the media), declaring that it's over. I don't personally believe Biden won because of fraud, but there were irregularities in this election that are going to have to be addressed, even if they don't affect the results. And it's not just disgruntled Republicans, either — a third of Democrats believe the election was stolen from Trump.
The real problem is that our entire country, on both sides, is suffering from a lack of trust. We spent nearly four years being told that 2016 was the result of Russian collusion, and that Vladimir Putin rigged the election for Donald Trump. Now Trump and his team are holding up Biden's coronation with a series of lawsuits challenging the count in multiple states. Trump didn't cause this lack of trust — it existed before he took office — but it did help him win in 2016.
Tucker Carlson described the problem this way last night.
A lot of Americans believe this election was rigged. They’re not saying that because they’re crazy. They’re not just saying it because they’re mad. They mean it, and that’s a potentially fatal problem for this country. Elections aren’t merely "central to democracy" — elections are democracy. Voting is the way the public expresses its will. It’s all people have. If elections don’t work, our entire system doesn’t work. Everything in this country depends on fair elections, and it’s obvious even now that we don’t have them.
The left and their friends in the media would love for Trump supporters, but the lack of trust is going to be with us for a long time.
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