Trump’s Anti-Democratic Campaign Must Be Countered

President-Elect Joe Biden will have two numbers to deal with after he is inaugurated: 13,182,727 (as of this writing, and rising) and 73,813,053. He has a plan for the first number. He needs a plan for the second one.

His plan for dealing with the out of control COVID pandemic, thankfully, includes: listening to science, free testing and tracing, vaccine and treatments distribution, protecting vulnerable Americans, a sane masking and distancing policy, and the ramp up of personal protective equipment. As of now, he has no plan for dealing with the virtually 74 million Americans who embraced Trumpism, by voting for Donald Trump.

If we’re honest, Donald Trump continuing to say he won the election (which he patently did not) is seditious behavior by a sitting U.S. president. (Sedition includes subversion of a constitution and incitement toward, or rebellion against, established authority.) In our constitutional democracy, “established authority“ includes 270 votes in the Electoral College to ascend to the presidency. Biden got 306 votes. Trump got 232 votes.