America in Trump’s time – Coup attempt reserved

Although Donald Trump still yelling “fraud” and speaking out loud about an election that was “stolen”, then the white flag is actually raised. Three weeks after overtime, Trump finally allowed the transfer of power to Joe Biden to begin. And on Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr said there was no way the Trump organization’s many demands to change the outcome of the election could change anything. In reality, defeat is acknowledged. If not for Trump himself, then for reality, a dimension that the president is known to have great difficulty relating to.

This week announced Boards of Elections of Arizona and Wisconsin Joe Biden finally wins in two of the top tip states. Late last week, the Michigan and Pennsylvania boards of elections followed suit. And here we are perhaps the most important reason why President Donald Trump’s attempt to usurp power for four new years was unsuccessful, namely that the states own their options and want nothing from that center ( Washington) are trying to rethink their options.

Trump has tried to disapprove of millions of mailed votes in various tilted states, and millions of votes in big cities like Philadelphia, where a large majority in both cases voted Democrats. Attempts to stop the vote counting first and then reject the counted votes despite Trump’s protests have targeted areas where he lost a lot. Therefore, we are witnessing a selective law. When Trump himself used the mail vote in the primaries in his new home state of Florida, those votes weren’t a problem. Selective law is something used by dictatorships and semi-dictatorships, such as Egypt, Turkey and Russia. Commentators describe Trump’s attacks on democracy as the most serious since the American Civil War more than 150 years ago.

So it was the decentralized electoral system that became perhaps the most important defense against Trump’s attacks on democracy. It is the municipalities, counties, and ultimately states that are responsible for organizing the elections. All 50 states and Washington DC will send their constituents, and women, to the Electoral College, which will vote as decided by the voters in each state, on December 14. Trump’s attempt to rig the election and divide the electorate in the tipped states, by having Republicans in the tipped states that went to the Democrats vote for him on December 14, has also been unsuccessful. States under pressure have resisted. Because you shouldn’t come here and come here. At least if he comes from Washington, as Trump did for the occasion.

Paradoxically It could be said that it was Donald Trump who in this election revitalized democracy. Paradoxically, because it was the fear of being crushed that mobilized millions of voters. More than 65 percent of voters voted in November, compared to just over 50 percent. Biden received more than six million more votes than Trump in this mobilization election for and against Trump. Voter participation was crucial. With an even more fluid election in the tipped states, Trump’s attempts to overthrow the election could have been easier.

Local ownership The election also helped make the election open and transparent, which should be decisive for the outcome. Thus, none of Trump’s lawyers were able to go to court with Trump’s claims on Twitter that the election was misled. On the contrary, the demands of the Trump organization have been rejected by judges in the six states where they tried him. Pennsylvania Judge Matthew Brann, who previously worked for the Republican Party, withdrew a lawsuit from Trump’s camp on the grounds: “Our people, our laws, and our institutions demand more.” Point.

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After four years of harassment by the press – by calling the media “Fake News” and “enemies of the people”, they retaliated in a sober way. Local media reported what they saw, and central media declared Biden the winner, based on the results that were available, as they do in every election. Mainstream American media has also held firm under Donald Trump.

The verdict is that the American system passed the test when Trump tried to manipulate it. State ownership of the outcome, the transparency and openness of the elections, the independence of the judiciary, and the decency of the independent press all contributed to the failure of Donald Trump in his attempt to steal the elections.