The reaction of Trump supporters to the mounting crisis is firm evidence of two things:
- This is no longer the Republican party; it’s the party of Trump.
- The party of Trump is not interested in democracy or the will of the people; it is interested in power.
How to hold on to that power? Well, at the simplest and most benign level, they are praying. There’s nothing really radical about that. These women are “praying justice will be done and righteousness prevails,” which in this case means the re-election of Trump.
Women just arrived at the Clark County election department. They tell me they’re praying justice will be done and that righteousness prevails. pic.twitter.com/xi0Q9hOS51
— alyssa estrada (@anenews) November 6, 2020
This might be achieved, I suppose, through some miraculous means, but it doesn’t necessarily entail overturning the will of the people.
Presidential spiritual adviser Paula White used her prayer session last night to call on God to keep Trump in office by overturning the will of the people in the election. pic.twitter.com/X2p6xV5kue
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) November 6, 2020
Yet not all Trump supporters wish for divine intervention to usurp the will of the people. Some are willing to just beat the other side down.
FWIW – these are the Proud Boys… pic.twitter.com/yFSUCvmvZE
— Rex Chapman?? (@RexChapman) September 30, 2020
Or kill them.
Or perhaps behead them.
Trump's old chief strategist (currently out on bond after fraud charges) having a normal one talking about how he would behead Fauci and put his head on a pike at the corner of the White House. MAGA ISIS https://t.co/jfnBdQdfBJ
— DarkMatter2525 (@DarkMatter2525) November 5, 2020
All this stands in stark contrast to John McCain’s concession speech in 2008 in which he showed what a real leader looks like.
For those wanting to see a concession speech, this one by John McCain — congratulating Obama in 2008 — is worth watching again. See how he faces down the boos from his own supporters. Very few greater moments of humility.
pic.twitter.com/3uJAwXL4eF— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) November 5, 2020
How did we devolve so far in just twelve years?