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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHigh-ranking GA Republican: We must 'acknowledge the voice of the people' and 'transition in grace'
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/10/1994727/-High-ranking-GA-Republican-We-must-acknowledge-the-voice-of-the-people-and-transition-in-graceHigh-ranking GA Republican: We must acknowledge the voice of the people and transition in grace
Walter Einenkel
Daily Kos Staff
Tuesday November 10, 2020 · 4:16 PM EST
If you havent heard, Donald Trump and the GOP he represents are attempting to steal the election won by President-elect Joe Biden. Republicans like Sens. Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, and Rick Scott, terrified of losing Trumps base, have been calling our democracy into question. Sadly, this is just another example of the cowardice shown by Republican leadership in the last four years.
But not every Republican official is anti-democracy. Mike Boyce, the chairman of Cobb County, Georgia, lost his bid for reelection on Election Day. Boyce is a Republican and lost to his Democratic challenger, Lisa Cupid. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Boyce congratulated Chair-elect Cupid on her victory, telling the news outlet: I think its also important, that as part of this process, that we have a transition in grace, that we acknowledge the voice of the people, we hear them and we move on. I hope that this message gets loud and clear to our national and our state leaders, that this transition in grace is part of the election process.
Boyce went on to diplomatically point out that it was extraordinary that the last time we went through this process, the Republican Party that had zero complaints about the integrity of the voting process is now the same group of people crying about losing. Boyce is a veteran of the Marines, and on the eve of Veterans Day, he also had this to say:
Tomorrow, I just think its a great time to remember, if nothing else, what this country stands for, he said. Although veterans fought for freedom, and still fight for freedom, we all fight for freedom in our own ways, and the way to do that is to acknowledge the will and voice of the people and to continue, to encourage, what I call this transition in grace.
Unlike Donald Trump, former Chairman Boyce understands how our Democratic process works. People vote. Those people are the American people. Their decision is regarded as the primary consideration in how our government works and runs. At the very least, the peoples voice is the only consideration that is supposed to be relevant when choosing our representation in this democracy. That might be an ideal, but it is the promise of our country. It is that promise that makes America great.
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High-ranking GA Republican: We must 'acknowledge the voice of the people' and 'transition in grace' (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2020
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Majority rules is such a tricky concept
Republicans aren't used to losing the presidency just because their candidate got fewer votes.
Skittles
(153,142 posts)2. it's the difference between someone who loses a race and a LOSER
the ability to accept, congratulate, self-reflect and MOVE ON
orwell
(7,771 posts)3. That ship has sailed...
...you are already covered in orange slime...