In two days, the actual election day will be upon us. I used to look forward to election day. It filled me with excitement for what may come. Honestly, that stopped sometime around the Clinton administration. I finally had to admit that I was voting against someone instead of voting for someone.
This year is no different. I am voting against Donald Trump. I have discussed this before, but, Biden is not meant to be a fix to our national problems. He is just supposed to return us to our previous course. It is easier to fix a corrupt democracy than it is to fix a corrupt dictatorship.
But, before we get there, we have to move past the election. We will not move past the election without violence. The violence has already begun. Anus Tangerinus is absolutely encouraging it.
It starts with him calling for his supporters to “poll watch.” What he wants is for armed militias to show up at the polls to intimidate Biden voters. There was actually a security company that was recruiting military veterans to “guard” the polls. Luckily, that was shut down.
But, it has not stopped Trump from his rallying cry. There are militias that are flat out stating that they are currently training to bring harm to non-Trump supporters and voters. Believe them when they tell you what they are trying to do.
This is all political violence. Psychological violence. But, the stakes are raising. A convoy of vehicles in Texas attempted to run a Biden campaign bus off the road on its way to a rally near Austin. At least one Biden campaign vehicle was damaged when a Trump supporter’s vehicle collided with it.
Then, a large group of Trump supporters shut down a highway in New Jersey with a road block. I find this ironic considering they have previously spoken out against BLM protesters shutting down roads. I suppose it is just another case of do as I say and not as I do.
Early voting is over as of today. This means we have one day to gird our loins and prepare for election day. I expect voter intimidation. I expect violence. More violence. We cannot forget police officers who pepper sprayed a crowd of voters who were marching to a polling place in an effort to encourage voting. Several arrests were made. Why? Who knows?
Trump will not go quietly into that good night. Trump has a new plan to declare victory on election night. This will do nothing but create more confusion and violence. This is what he wants.
When Biden does not acquiesce to this, Trump’s supporters will riot. It will only get worse as numbers begin ticking towards Biden as votes are counted in the days after. There will be calls that the election is being stolen. An election is not over until all votes are counted.
As well, Trump has an army of lawyers who will challenge any result that is not positive for his campaign. In this, he hopes to put the election into the court system. This way, he is banking on a conservative Supreme Court to hand him back the presidency. Biden has his own army of lawyers, but this would all be fraught with peril.
We must all be ready for this. We must be ready for the violence. We must be ready for the intervening months between the election and the inauguration of, hopefully, Trump’s successor.