20 October 2016

Trump screams “we was robbed” before the election concludes

Donald Trump will accept the verdict of the voters if he wins, but refuse to accept their verdict if he loses. Meanwhile, following a reality show’s script, he’ll keep us in suspense until the polls close. He’s behaving like a junta leader in a banana republic.

That he’s temperamentally and morally unfit to serve in any public office should be clear to every voter by now. The odds he’ll win are a bit lower than the odds the cow will jump over the moon on the first try.

Even if he refuses to concede the election when he has clearly lost, or challenges the legitimacy of the election, rhetorically or legally or both, the voters will accept the outcome.

But beginning 9 November, both parties must find a way to address the concerns and grievances of the millions of voters who felt so abandoned, so disrespected, and so demoralized, that they suppressed their better judgment in order to use Trump to send a message to the establishment. Unless those concerns and grievances are addressed, the election of 2020 may be dominated by another strongman who promises that he alone can fix what’s wrong with America. That’s a fix we must avoid.