Politics
Donald Trump Remains a Mortal Threat to American Democracy
What are we prepared to do to stop him?
As Tucker Carlson broadcasts his primetime television show from Viktor Orbán’s right-wing dictatorship in Hungary, a nation that is at the forefront of a global wave of countries led by authoritarian leaders who have seized power in elections only to extinguish democracy once in office, America is learning more of the ugly details surrounding Donald Trump’s behind-the-scenes efforts to keep his grip on power following his loss in the 2020 election.
Indeed, the former president battered officials in his Department of Justice to lie on his behalf and falsely proclaim there was widespread fraud in the election, and he almost succeeded by installing a willing loyalist into the AG’s office in the last days of his dying presidency. Considering that the majority of elected Republicans supported Trump’s efforts to overturn the election based on nothing beyond his and Giuliani’s ample smoke and mirrors, it’s difficult to imagine what the DOJ’s imprimatur might have done to boost Trump’s claims of a fraudulent election. The DOJ’s endorsement clearly would have been critical.
Yet even as the specifics of Donald Trump’s prolonged campaign to subvert American democracy come to light, the Biden…
