Wajahat Ali on reaching out to Trumpers: "White supremacy is a terrible drug"
Wajahat Ali on reaching out to Trumpers: "White supremacy is a terrible drug"
By Chauncey DeVega
Joe Biden is a devout Catholic. His deep faith has helped him to endure several life tragedies, including the loss of his wife and infant daughter in a car accident as well as his adult son Beau's death from brain cancer. As shown through both his private and public behavior, Joe Biden is a fundamentally decent human being. At some point in his life, Biden likely internalized the Bible's directive that a person should love their enemies.
Such wisdom may help a person live a better life. Unfortunately, that same wisdom can make for bad politics.
Biden won the 2020 presidential election with 80 million votes, the largest total for any presidential candidate in U.S. history. He defeated Donald Trump by almost 7 million votes. The American people spoke at the ballot box and gave Biden a clear mandate to lead the country out of the Age of Trump and the coronavirus pandemic.
But Trump and his followers do not care for such quaint notions of democracy. The only votes that "count," according to Trump's neofascist movement, are his supporters' votes for him. Democracy — especially multiracial democracy — is deemed illegitimate if Trump or other white Republicans and right-wing extremists are not in power.
In response to Biden's victory, Donald Trump has launched a coup attempt, effectively a range of attacks against the rule of law and the country's other democratic norms. This ongoing plot involves far-fetched lawsuits (all of which have failed), "burrowing in" loyalists into key national security and other government positions to sabotage the Biden administration, causing more harm to the economy, worsening the coronavirus pandemic and destabilizing strategic areas of the world.
Trump and his spokespeople have already convinced a large majority of Republican voters believe that Joe Biden "stole" the election through "fraud," and that the "deep state" and other nebulous forces are conspiring against them and their Great Leader. Trump's representatives are continuing to encourage violence against public officials deemed "disloyal" and "treasonous" because they confirmed that Biden in fact wn the 2020 election.
In what has been described as one of the most dangerous, delusional, and lie-filled speeches by an American president in the country's history, on Wednesday Donald Trump continued to rally his supporters in support of his coup.
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By Chauncey DeVega
Joe Biden is a devout Catholic. His deep faith has helped him to endure several life tragedies, including the loss of his wife and infant daughter in a car accident as well as his adult son Beau's death from brain cancer. As shown through both his private and public behavior, Joe Biden is a fundamentally decent human being. At some point in his life, Biden likely internalized the Bible's directive that a person should love their enemies.
Such wisdom may help a person live a better life. Unfortunately, that same wisdom can make for bad politics.
Biden won the 2020 presidential election with 80 million votes, the largest total for any presidential candidate in U.S. history. He defeated Donald Trump by almost 7 million votes. The American people spoke at the ballot box and gave Biden a clear mandate to lead the country out of the Age of Trump and the coronavirus pandemic.
But Trump and his followers do not care for such quaint notions of democracy. The only votes that "count," according to Trump's neofascist movement, are his supporters' votes for him. Democracy — especially multiracial democracy — is deemed illegitimate if Trump or other white Republicans and right-wing extremists are not in power.
In response to Biden's victory, Donald Trump has launched a coup attempt, effectively a range of attacks against the rule of law and the country's other democratic norms. This ongoing plot involves far-fetched lawsuits (all of which have failed), "burrowing in" loyalists into key national security and other government positions to sabotage the Biden administration, causing more harm to the economy, worsening the coronavirus pandemic and destabilizing strategic areas of the world.
Trump and his spokespeople have already convinced a large majority of Republican voters believe that Joe Biden "stole" the election through "fraud," and that the "deep state" and other nebulous forces are conspiring against them and their Great Leader. Trump's representatives are continuing to encourage violence against public officials deemed "disloyal" and "treasonous" because they confirmed that Biden in fact wn the 2020 election.
In what has been described as one of the most dangerous, delusional, and lie-filled speeches by an American president in the country's history, on Wednesday Donald Trump continued to rally his supporters in support of his coup.
READ MORE: Wajahat Ali on reaching out to Trumpers: "White supremacy is a terrible drug" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/waj...
What does this mean Ron?
"Democracy — especially multiracial democracy — "
What kind of democracy is not multiracial?