As @Nate_Cohn said, there is no legislation that will promote voter confidence when losers like Trump are willing to spread lies and conspiracy theories.
The irony is that the polls were correct mostly for the presidential race. And off the most in Senate and House results. The GOP did better than predicted down ballot but they were the ones shouting fraud!
Dear God, imagine the reverse: Polls predicting GOP gains down ballot but instead Dems picked up seats.
Trump and the GOP are the bad actors. It’s not like Dems in IA and ME refused to accept their Senate losses and sued and fought and made baseless claims of fraud.
Trump sued and contested states where he was consistently down in polls. He insisted he won in a landslide despite no evidence to support this.
Some polls at least did show Biden winning FL and NC. That wasn’t contested and no Democrat objected to the results in Congress.
Lot of the Kraken conspiracy was rooted in supposed “unlikely performance by Biden.” Yet GOP crowed that Trump did well with Latinos in Florida. That was just how it is.
Anyway you can’t resolve this issue if one party is wholly corrupt. There was no reason for a GA House rep to challenge Michigan’s electors. No Dem from NY was challenging NC or FL with equally baseless claims.
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Trump was either going to overturn the election and destroy democracy or he was going to lose and severely damage democracy.
There is arguably no scenario where Trump’s malignant narcissism would’ve permitted him to lose graciously. We probably would’ve seen the same crap play out in 2016 only he would’ve have been as powerful (and dangerous).
Trump hasn’t invited Biden to the White House like every past president in both our lifetimes.
His “concession” speech was one of the least gracious in memory and didn’t even mention Biden or congratulate him. You would never accept this from a Democratic POTUS.
What does “overlooked” mean? I think Pelosi and Dem leadership like Underwood.
I also don’t know if Underwood receives the scrutiny and death threats that AOC or Omar do. Some people would prefer a low profile if that’s the trade off.
The key point here is that the campaign was over. It’s been over for months. Trump can’t appeal to voters in an effort to change his fate.
Trump was by this point resorting to intimidation and thuggery.
Inciting people to disrupt a Supreme Court confirmation hearing isn’t acceptable but those are actually votes that the senators can make based on public opinion if they choose.
This is but one of many examples of where white men might want to stay in their lane or at least recognize that their professional worth and even their very humanity are rarely publicly challenged.
If you’re a POC or a woman in general, you likely have tons of stories where you’ve had to fight for respect that’s given without question to the most sorry-ass white men (the outgoing president is an obvious example).
I’ve noticed this is something that most white men rarely have the humility to do. “Why are all these people who AREN’T white men upset about this issue. I could try to understand, but naaah, I’m just gonna say it’s silly. That’s how I roll. It’s part of my lifestyle."