Pre-Election Jitters Be Still
I don’t think that would-be MAGA putchists should be under any illusions about the Biden administration’s willingness and ability to use force to defend the results of the upcoming election, should that become necessary. Public officials acting in bad faith will only be able to go so far without risking prison. Yes, many of us are nervous because of the Supreme Court’s interference in 2000, the January 6 debacle, and the work the GOP has been doing to undermine the upcoming election in battleground states. But the bad-faith actors are delusional. They might try some tricks, but most won’t stick their necks out. The country will happily embrace a clear result in Harris’s favor, as it did for Biden. It will just replace the ageism with sexism and racism.
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