Remember, this was the signature audit many of the right wing conspiracy theorists were screaming for. They'll either say nothing, or come up with some ridiculous argument that the audit was itself fraudulent. The goalposts will always move.
Some earnest reformers, as well as moderate Republicans speaking in bad faith because they're too cowardly to tell the truth, claim that the conspiracy-mongering can be cured through transparency, audits, and investigations.
This, of course, pretends that any of this was about *facts* in the first place, as opposed to power.

Nothing. Not. A. Thing. will persuade the average MAGA maniac that they're wrong. There'll always be another excuse, another bit of sophistry to paper over the latest loss.
The belief that Trump secretly won the election is an article of faith now. It may slowly erode and dissipate, but it will be because the adherents tell themselves new stories. It won't be because of the ten-thousandth Georgia recount.

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This is why I've always vehemently disagreed with those who assert Trump is some kind of secret evil genius who only pantomimes his buffoonery. There are smart, progressive people who *still* believe this!
The buffoon who hides his sinister cunning behind a "wot, me guv?" panto act is definitely a type in politics (see: Johnson, Boris). But it's not Trump. He *is* actually as catastrophically incompetent as he appears to be, incapable of planning, much less executing one.
The pandemic was an issue no one had preconceptions about, because it was completely new. Most people knew what they thought about Trump re: immigration, say. But Trump and COVID was obviously novel. It was an opportunity for him to dramatically reset the story of his own gov't.
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Imagine, if you will, a world where seatbelts did *not* come standard in every motor vehicle, where they were largely unregulated, there was a run on them leading to hiked prices, and everyone was suddenly asked to get one at once. You might see some gaps in compliance.
This is, and always has been, the problem with this argument. Instead of calling for police intervention, masks should be free, widely-available, and handed out at every opportunity. In front of stores, at bus stops and railway stations...
I've said it a thousand times already, but the way this pandemic has made nominal progressives clamour for cops, violence, and punishment is *deeply* alarming. In part because this is a crisis that should cater to the strengths of liberal and leftist policy alike.
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And I do ask the people who are furious about this: Are you proposing gunning them down? Because that's about the only way you could alter these inevitable crowd dynamics. People will want to go where they feel safest--rationally or irrationally.
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This is even before you get to all the cognitive biases that make us poor judges of risk against an invisible threat in the *first place.* (Just another reason in a very long list of why this can't be left to individual initiative).
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Also, as a coda to this thread: I'm not advocating for cynicism here. This isn't because people are "bad" or inherently selfish or whatever. Speaking sociologically, there's a much bigger picture here.
Most people, even people who are well-educated, are not going to be 'high-information' citizens when it comes to an invisible, fast moving crisis with an ever-evolving set of facts. Read the intro to this Atlantic piece about COVID messaging: Image
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(Amanda Mull knocks it out of the park, as ever).

theatlantic.com/health/archive…
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You cannot close shopping centres or bars. You cannot retrofit buildings to be less hospitable to airborne diseases. You cannot manage the supply chain of PPE or medicine, nor administer the creation and safety trials of new drugs.
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