Record numbers of people voted in the presidential election. President-Elect Joe Biden won the popular vote by more than 5 million (and counting) — more than any other presidential candidate in history. As of this writing, he has 306 Electoral College votes, the same number Trump had when he defeated Hillary Clinton.
Given Donald Trump’s life history of lying, self promotion, and spurious lawsuits, his refusal to concede, and his baseless legal challenges were predictable. On the other hand, the Republican response to the election should shock patriotic Americans. I believe it signifies the death of the Republican Party.
The Grand Old Party has been replaced by Trumpism, a political philosophy based on lying and propaganda that places winning and power above everything else, including democracy, national security, and human life. The U.S. death toll from the pandemic is 247,437, with 11,214,231 confirmed cases. More than one million of the confirmed cases are in California. The virus continues to spread unabated. Still, Donald Trump, and members of what used to be the Republican Party, continue to deny the reality of the pandemic. More importantly, he is blocking his administration from giving transition access, to virus data and planning, to the incoming Biden administration.