Tuesday, November 07, 2023

The Stakes

The most recent spate of polls suggest that Joe Biden would lose to Donald Trump in most of the key swing states if the election were held today, but that those results would be reversed should Trump be convicted of a crime.

In that case, the polls suggest, Biden would win handily.

And it’s worth remembering that the election is exactly one year from today, the first Tuesday in November.

As the various wheels of justice grind on, Trump has made clear that if he should win re-election, he will carry out what in plain terms would be a coup, establishing himself as an authoritarian leader like Vladimir Putin and pardoning himself from all crimes.

That, in a nutshell is what is at stake in the 2024 election. Those who care about democracy better hope for a conviction.

How we have landed in this situation after nearly 250 years of democratic rule is a complex matter. The potential remedy is simply a case of the rule of law.

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