You have to be seriously delusional (or slept through the past four years) if you're remotely surprised that there's this campaign to declare the election fraudulent. Because it may be the most predictable thing ever. Other than that, Happy Thanksgiving
mtracey.medium.com/the-most-predi…
The 2016 post-election insanity was a direct precursor to the current situation. BTW, to say that certain events create conditions that give rise to future events isn't to say that those events are "the same" -- but I understand how difficult of a concept this can be for many
The bipartisan trend toward delegitimization of US election outcomes has taken different forms. Dems maneuvering/machinating with surrogates, weaponizing intel agencies -- GOP/Trump just outright screaming wholesale fraud. But it's the clear trend, and it's rapidly accelerating
People point to 2000 as an antecedent, and they're not entirely wrong, but that election really was historically close in one state. The post-2016 de-legitimization trend is more directed at the electoral system itself -- almost separate and apart from particular voting outcomes
And with that I'm declaring a moratorium on political polemics for the day. Enjoy your dystopian Thanksgiving
Addendum: Look at the meltdown this statement provoked for a preview of what we're in for in terms of the ongoing legitimacy crisis
Prediction: the epistemological barrier that's been erected to impede rational discussion of any election results is going to be an enduring frustration

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25 Nov
I knew it would be widely denied that prominent liberals floated an Electoral College coup in 2016, which is why I contemporaneously saved a bunch of examples
Plenty more where that came from
Could do this all day, folks
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20 Nov
Reminder: Live discussion on YouTube today at 3pm EST with @Barnes_Law, who affirms the contention that "the outcome of the election was determined by elaborate, systematic fraud" youtube.com/channel/UCaLn4…
Here's the direct link:
Conversation just ended. Thought it went reasonably well (was never intended to be a formal "debate"!)
Read 5 tweets
19 Nov
Now the official claim by way of Rudy G is that there was "a plan from a centralized place to execute these various acts of voter fraud." So it's a conspiracy theory. Not all conspiracy theories are wrong. But this is an explicit assertion of a coordinated, mass-scale conspiracy
And now it's also a "foreign interference" conspiracy according to Sidney Powell -- "Venezuela, Cuba, and likely China"
Giuliani clarifies that what he's positing is a "national conspiracy." That's his term
Read 4 tweets
14 Nov
The good news about the 2020 election is that it provided more than enough material to make pretty much everyone feel stupid: mtracey.medium.com/why-everyone-s…
I like how Twitter asks me if I’d like to read my own article first before retweeting it
TLDR: Anyone who confidently proclaims that all their prior assumptions about the nature of the electorate were unambiguously vindicated by this election outcome is full of shit
Read 6 tweets
2 Nov
I came to tonight’s Trump rally in Rome, GA over four hours early and only barely made it in because the lines were so long. The contrast with Biden events is just comical
Although to quote one attendee I overheard waiting on line: “I tell ya, we are superspreaders right now [laughs]”

More people than I thought were wearing masks but it was still probably less than half overall, even though the Trump campaign officially encourages mask-wearing
Also there were people melting down left and right due to the logistical shitshow of leaving the event. Screaming matches between people over who gets to board returning busses, etc. I heard variations of “this is the biggest nightmare...” shouted in frustration several times
Read 5 tweets
1 Nov
Just visited a Dem field office in suburban Atlanta. People working there had no idea how to get into the Kamala event nearby. “It’s the same people going over and over” to these semi-private Biden/Harris events, one said, such as State Reps. Meanwhile, volunteers are excluded
“I wish they wouldn’t keep it so close to the vest,” another said regarding Biden/Harris campaign secrecy about event details. Clear frustration and recognition that this goes well beyond what would be necessary for COVID protocols
I found the event. Staff says Secret Service will throw you out if you’re not authorized to attend by the Georgia Democratic Party. Speculation that it’s based on donor lists. If you were so lucky as to be invited you’d of course have to submit to a full vehicular search
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