The Past Nags At Us

For John, BLUF:  There is a bit of snarkiness about about Trump supporters who are questioning of the outcome of the 2020 election.  The texter Martyr Made talks to that issue in thirty some tweets.  It is something worth contemplating if we are really serious about bringing this nation back together.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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I think I've had discussions w/enough Boomer-tier Trump supporters who believe the 2020 election was fraudulent to extract a general theory about their perspective. It is also the perspective of most of the people at the Capitol on 1/6, and probably even Trump himself.

From Thread Reader, by MartyrMade (Darryl Cooper), 8 July 2021.

Here are items two through six (of 35):

Most believe some or all of the theories involving midnight ballots, voting machines, etc, but what you find when you talk to them is that, while they'll defend those positions w/info they got from Hannity or Breitbart or whatever, they're not particularly attached to them.

Here are the facts - actual, confirmed facts - that shape their perspective:  1) The FBI/etc spied on the 2016 Trump campaign using evidence manufactured by the Clinton campaign. We now know that all involved knew it was fake from Day 1 (see:  Brennan's July 2016 memo, etc).

These are Tea Party people. The types who give their kids a pocket Constitution for their birthday and have Founding Fathers memes in their bios.  The intel community spying on a presidential campaign using fake evidence (incl forged documents) is a big deal to them.

Everyone involved lied about their involvement as long as they could.  We only learned the DNC paid for the manufactured evidence because of a court order.  Comey denied on TV knowing the DNC paid for it, when we have emails from a year earlier proving that he knew.

This was true with everyone, from CIA Dir Brennan & Adam Schiff - who were on TV saying they'd seen clear evidence of collusion w/Russia, while admitting under oath behind closed doors that they hadn't - all the way down the line.  In the end we learned that it was ALL fake.

The story goes on from there.  Disappointed and delusioned voters across the fruited plain.  Not Democrats.  Trump supporters and those who voted for him back in 2020.

This is not an indictment of the 2020 election, although I understand the doubt.  For me the thing that strains credulity is the continuious assertions that there was no cheating, no fraud, that ideas to the contrary are just "right wing" hysteria.  Does anyone, anywhere, believe there has ever been a perfect election, aside from Matthias (Acts 1:26)?  In my Wife's words, and William Shakespeare's, they doth protest too much.  The assertion of a perfect election is so Trumpian, and so unconvincing.  Do I see President Biden being removed from office before his term is over?  No, I do not.  However, I would appreciate my Democratic Party friends not being so sanctimonious.  When the quants, and historians, finally figure out what happened in 2020, there might be some crow to be consumed.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff