Detroit Metro Times: Lock the motherfucker up

[marmar]

Lock the motherfucker up
By Jeffrey C. Billman


(Detroit Metro Times) For all the nefarious crap Florida Republicans pulled in 2000 — there was plenty, beginning with a racist purge of the state’s voter rolls — at least that was a legitimately close election. A 537-vote difference, capping a 500,000-vote national margin, is a rounding error.

That wasn’t the case this year. Joe Biden won enough states to claim 306 electoral votes. When California and New York finish counting, he’ll beat Donald Trump by a 4.5-point margin, securing the largest share of the electorate of any presidential challenger since FDR. It wasn’t a blowout, but it was decisive.

Yet here we are, almost three weeks later, the president refusing to concede despite having been laughed out of court after court, his lawyers reduced to spinning ridiculous yarns about vast conspiracies to erase millions of votes and/or conduct fraud in big (Black) cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia.

....(snip)....

More importantly, these incoherent ramblings also form the basis of the president’s overt ploy to subvert the election by convincing Republican legislatures to ignore their states’ voters and certify their own slates of electors.
In other words, Trump is plotting a coup. And the Republican Party endorsed it.

That this effort was both predictable and is almost certain to fail doesn’t matter. Nor does it matter if some Republicans are indulging his fantasies because to placate his base. What matters is that Trump has cracked open the door to an authoritarian takeover and found millions willing to embrace it — and a craven political party too weak to get in the way.

This is a crime against democracy. It cannot go unanswered. .............(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/lock-the-motherfucker-up/Content?oid=25831861

[Arne]

1. Here here!

I really mean here as in right here right now.

[catbyte]

2. ...

[BumRushDaShow]

3. And they actually had that as as headline!

[crickets]

5. I know! Wow. Kicking this back to the top - nt

[Biophilic]

4. This needs to be said over and over again

It is a crime against democracy with lots of support from many, many people. It needs to be called out every where. It cannot be allowed to simply 'happen' even if it isn't successful. No playing nice with these people.

[BlueWavePsych]

6. Great headline :)

[sandensea]

11. And incest

[kag]

7. Everyone should read this whole article.

A couple of my favorite lines:

"Elect a clown, get a circus, after all."

and

"What Trump did throughout his presidency was despicable. What Trump has done since losing the election is unforgivable."

[SpankMe]

8. A really good piece. Not long, read it. n/t

[cp]

9. Whole article excellent

Thank you.

[sandensea]

10. 51-47 - just like Obama's victory over Romney

Why that man is still in the GOPee - with all the schoolyard insults and death threats he and Ann must be getting daily - is beyond me.

[SophieJean]

12. Excellent piece,

Thanks for sharing it. Just subscribed to Jeffrey Billman's newsletter.

[DownriverDem]

13. It makes me crazy

that so many don't care. I've pointed out that we have a lot of selfish Americans too. If the next time the authoritative candidate is not as distasteful as trump, we are in a lot of trouble.

[Cha]

14. Excellent... Brilliantly Written! "It cannot

go Unanswered"!

TY marmar

[marmar]

15. .....

[Cha]

16. Yes!

[Blue Owl]

17. K&R