Trump’s nonstop voter fraud claims, openly saying that he won’t accept the presidential election results, his refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power, and his claims on Twitter that he “won the election” is quite something.
SUMIT DASGUPTA
Months of campaigning, stiff competition, late-night tweetstorms, the government’s admission about UFOs and a literal pandemic can’t explain this election fever and the aftermath.
Each of the 50 states, plus Washington DC, has elected their number of college of electors, adding up to a total of 538. A candidate needs to win 270 Electoral College votes (50% plus one) to win the election. Due to these rules, a candidate can win the election without getting the most votes at the national level. This happened in 2016, in which Donald Trump won a majority of Electoral College votes although more people voted for Hillary Clinton. In this election there was no such case; though the margin is very small, Biden has won both the popular votes and the Electoral College votes.
Although the world and major news networks of America have recognised Joe Biden as the 46th president-elect, the 45th President, Donald Trump and his trumpets are refusing to concede and leave office in what can only be described as a bender gone very, very wrong.
Your attention please to the internet comment section personified, i.e. Biden v. Trump. One gave unsolicited hugs to flags and the other made women feel uncomfortable. You figure out which is which. We’re part of the global living room and whatever happens in America is going to have a significant impact in India like it had in 2016.
It was surreal to watch over the course of four years Donald Trump “making America great again”. In my opinion, he will be one of the most talked-about Presidents in the history of the country and Joe Biden as the man who knows Barack Obama.
Trump’s nonstop voter fraud claims, openly saying that he won’t accept the presidential election results and at least one float about delaying the November election, it’s no secret. His refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power — and his claims on Twitter that he “won the election” is quite something.
With the GOP fully backing Trump’s tirade. He and his “lawyer” Rudy Giuliani are consistently undermining the elections. And Democrats must now confront the possibility they may not have the power to stop them.
Despite over 11 million Covid 19 cases America saw the highest voter turnout in over a century; but alas Trumpism is here to stay. His term in office showed Americans and the rest of the world its true colours. The USA is increasingly becoming not the land of freedom and opportunities, it is just like everyone else, faking it until making it. The polarised populace with access to guns and the internet took to the streets in the ‘Millions MAGA March’ to stop the voter fraud and expose the leftist fake news mafia. Liberals voted against Trump rather than voting for Biden which kind of sums up this whole covfefe election. Biden, in a well-rehearsed speech, called for unity but he’s already losing favour in a lot of leftist spaces because of his alleged snubbing of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
Whether Trump will leave office in January or not, it is important to note that watching two old white men fight for a house is just as much fun as watching Arnab Goswami calling his work as “journalism”. So, with everything being said, I suggest keeping a bucket of popcorn ready, just in case this show takes a new turn.∎
Sumit Dasgupta is a professor of Communication Studies, and a close observer of politics and culture.
