As November wears on, the media has inexorably latched on to the narrative that tRump obviously lost the election and has even lost the battle to frame the whole thing as stolen, but there seems to be little to do but wait for state certification of at least 270 electoral votes for Biden. Instead of excoriating the Republican party for the anti-democratic force it has become, most media outlets report each illiberal action as if it existed with no connection to hundreds of other strikes against our democracy.
Meanwhile, the inept wanna be autocrat remains in the White House, having abandoned any pretense at doing the job he was elected to do. Instead of governing, he spends his time tweeting or golfing. As long as Republicans allow this travesty to continue, they are just as complicit as tRump in this rending of the popular will.
Once again, we are trapped by the norms of a democracy which tRump cares not a fig. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are powerless until January 20, unless there is goodwill emanating from the Oval Office. So we must wait for Covid relief as well as a functional executive branch.
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