More In GOP Refuse To Accept ‘24 Election Results.
“Top Republicans, led by former president Donald Trump, are refusing to commit to accept November’s election results with six months until voters head to the polls, raising concerns that the country could see a repeat of the violent aftermath of Trump’s loss four years ago.The question has become something of a litmus test, particularly among the long list of possible running mates for Trump, whose relationship with his first vice president, Mike Pence, ruptured because Pence resisted Trump’s pressure to overturn the 2020 election.
In a vivid recent example, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) was pressed at least six times in a TV interview Sunday on whether he would accept this November’s results. He repeatedly declined to do so, only saying he was looking forward to Trump being president again.”
Democracy rests on public perception of free and fair elections without corruption. That notion is now being rejected by some and the scorched earth, wining at all costs, with no regard for the broader well being of the state of democracy is now being adopted as the new normal. There is some hope that the moderate center is re-emerging as an effective counter balance to the radical fringes but the ultimate test of course comes this November. Will January 6th be repeated? No one knows.
