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Analysis: sad to see US politics so polarized
By Sally Lockwood, News Correspondent, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The scene outside the counting room in Philadelphia is a microcosm of a divided America.
On the one hand, the followers of Joe Biden celebrate and organize a party: a DJ on the sidewalk surrounded by people dancing.
On the other hand, he has dedicated to Donald Trump supporters feeling angry and robbed by what they consider to be a stolen election. Between the two sides there is a line of police officers forming a barrier with their bicycles.
As Joe Biden’s leadership in Pennsylvania grew, so did the crowd and tension outside the convention center in Philadelphia. The police have been prepared for this and shops and businesses in the area are boarded up in anticipation of any disturbances.
There is such a large police presence here that things are unlikely to get started. The National Guard is also in the city protecting the City Hall. But it is a sad moment to see American politics so polarized that people with opposing views must be separated by the police.
This is not a time for Democrats to rejoice. America is in desperate need of healing.
But it’s hard to see how unity will be achieved when Donald Trump supporters believe all of his claims that illegal votes are the reason he is losing the election.
Walt was surrounded by signs that said “stop the theft” when I met him and I asked him if he could accept the result if the courts offered assurances that there had not been widespread fraud.
“Absolutely. We live in a democracy, but the key fact is that there is corruption here. There is. So if we had the guarantee that it would be fair. I don’t know how you are going to do that with everything that is happening.” in.”
As long as the president claims otherwise, it’s hard to see how there will be a resolution here.
