A thought experiment: It is, alas, is EXTREMELY PLAUSIBLE that four years from now Trump will have won a rematch against Biden and we’ll be in the exact opposite situation. Imagine Biden tried to apply the new GOP precedent (no ascertainment, lawfare, lies) to that transition.
On one hand, that’d be wrong, and he wouldn’t do it. On the other hand it’s unacceptable for Dems to be bound by stricter norms than the other party. But on the other OTHER hand, Republicans would completely and shamelessly reverse themselves.
They’d use every tool of power available to them to get the transition started if Biden tried. They’ll sabotage a peaceful transition away from them then happily imprison anyone who sabotaged the transition to their own administration.
With Dems, we’re seeing, it’s the reverse: they’ll allow their transition to be sabotaged but won’t do anything to slow Republicans from taking over In the future.
That’s why people (or at least I) find this so infuriating. Republicans aren’t establishing a new norm, they’re just looting. He owes it to the country to fight it as hard as possible, for the principle that there’s one set of rules, and we aren’t governed by bad faith.
It’s an early test of this, basically, and so far the answer seems to be “nothing.” crooked.com/articles/repub…
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