Donald Trump’s (now) 70,551,919 popular votes eclipsed the record set by Barack Obama in 2008, surpassing Hillary It’s Her Turn Clinton by over 4 million. That’s 7,000,000 more votes than Trump’s 2016 haul and the most minority votes for a GOP presidential candidate since 1960. In the election business, the 2020 Trump campaign was magnificent. Apparently, Biden’s campaign was more magnificent.
With (now) 74,815,988 votes, Joe Biden’s the presumptive president. He won when mail-in ballots snatched battleground states from Trump; a “legal” swing-state scheme that took advantage of the pandemic. DNC lawyers worked over the summer in swing states to boost mail-in ballots, extend cut-off dates, and loosen verification standards. They also circulated canned Count Every Vote talking points to attack any challenge as voter suppression.
The Trump campaign is understandably suspicious of the timing (after Election Day) and manner (mail-in ballots) of Biden’s blow-by finish. In a courtroom, however, it’s hard to get a judge to throw out ballots or prove election fraud. So, if sonny voted by mail for his late granny, pro-Biden (public employee union) postal workers “lost” mail from a Republican-dense precinct, or DNC agents harvested “extra” Biden votes after the polls closed, try proving it.
The RNC should have seen this Elastic Election coming, just on what’s in the public record.
- Democrats support residents (non-citizens) voting and/or awarding electoral votes, which is why they sued to strike the citizenship question from the 2020 census (population drives federal aid and House seats).
- Pelosi drafted the first CARES act with “election reform” (vote-by-mail). Mitch McConnell blocked a federal mandate.
- Trailing Tuesday night, Biden urged optimism and promised victories in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
I’m not suggesting election fraud. That’s a criminal matter to be proven case by case. However, the GOP should act now as a tough opposition party and investigate Democrat actions – before January 2021. Morally, it’s no different than spying on the Trump campaign or what the cowardly leakers did for four years. Whatever! The Biden victory was a well-orchestrated pause to the growing compassionate patriotism movement (MAGA).
Call Donald Trump the early adopter of compassionate patriotism. He was born to be a disruptor, absorb unjust criticism and legal hassles, and keep exposing corrupt Democrats. This pause gives Democrats time to make bad “deals” (Iran) and hurt “working-class” voters (China trade). Trump proved the populist counter-punch, which the next MAGA Republican (perhaps Nikki Haley) can wield in a more presidential manner.
Politicians are time-bound, but we the people are timeless – and that’s trending GOP in 2020. GOP women proved the broad appeal of conservative women, and Trump’s minority gains revealed uniting issues (gainful employment, school choice, and entrepreneurial support). Above all, Republicans upped state-level dominance (27 governors and 59 legislative chambers). And no longer can Democrats run against Trump.
Winning an election is one thing. Making a majority of Americans happy with a left-wing agenda is another. Suburban women didn’t vote for re-friending Iran, and minorities didn’t vote for the Green New Deal. At the first dip in GDP, jobs or 401K values, buyer’s remorse will shift House seats to the GOP in 2022 (courtesy of the census and GOP re-districting in 30 states). Nikki Haley’s waiting in the wings for 2024.