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Trumps not sulking, hes waging war on democracy
Don't normalize this
Eric Boehlert
1 hr ago
Trumps election sabotage campaign is running out of time, but the damage hes inflicting will have long lasting consequences. Covering this unprecedented attack on American election integrity, the press is still not being honest about Trumps ruinous final chapter.
The Daily Beast last week reported on Trumps quixotic and potentially destructive effort to steal a victory. Quixotic and possibly destructive? Hes the first president in 240 years who has not accepted the election results, after losing by six million votes. Worse, hes been on a three-month crusade to denigrate free and fair elections in America, and hes making it impossible for there to be a smooth transition of power.
This is so far beyond quixotic. Of course its destructive to our democracy does anyone think the Republican Party will soon return to the days of rationally accepting ballot results? The GOP has blown a permanent hole in our election process.
A hallmark failure of the press for four years has been that it refuses to use the proper language, to describe the truly lawless nature of Trump and todays GOP.
Instead of referring to his treasonous post-election behavior surrounding the would-be coup by a power-hungry authoritarian out to steal an election, we get news updates about Trumps tactics, his vague moves and chicanery; his legal strategy and power play while sulking and brooding inside the White House. None of that captures the historic events that have unfolded since Election Day. Events that if they occurred in a foreign country would be covered much differently by the American press.
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(13,255 posts)kentuck
(111,052 posts)Most are still sticking with him, even as he continues to tear down our democracy, in his attempted coup.
NCDem47
(2,248 posts)MSM headlines and TV graphics TODAY say "Trump's Path to Victory Narrows."
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hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)The generalization you're making is no different from the way Republicans were taught to ignore every source that wasn't a right wing echo chamber. So please be specific here.
NCDem47
(2,248 posts)"Trump Presses On as Legal Path to Challenge Vote Narriows"
I caught two TV graphics on national news over the weekend. Can I screen capture? No.
This is an opinion board. It's in my opinion these headlines were still out there where the middle and left can see them. I didn't say they were everywhere.
I'm on your side.
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)I appreciate your providing that. The term MSM is way too broad.
Mike Niendorff
(3,456 posts)... of the fact that America's descent into authoritarianism goes FAR beyond just this one guy named Trump.
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