Quietly they slip in and out of our lives without us really noticing. This year they have been in our hospitals, our assisted living facilities, our grocery stores, our schools, our post offices and so many other places.
The true spirit of Christmas, giving.
May you all have a safe and peaceful Christmas!
In November the United States of America held an election. In what was probably one of the highest voter turnouts in our history we the people voted. We voted by mail or we voted at our election offices, either when they first opened for early voting or on the actual election day. We did all of this despite the fact that we have been living with a raging pandemic that has taken thousands of lives and sickened even more.
According to numerous state election officials and the US Attorney General William Barr it was a fair election. In the state of Georgia the presidential election count was conducted three times. Each time the result was the same. There has been no, and I repeat no, evidence of widespread voter fraud. Yet despite all of this we have a sitting president who chooses not to listen to the will of the people. He insists on furthering baseless claims on his Twitter feed and engaging in what are lawsuits based on no real evidence. These lawsuits have been shot down again and again by state and federal judges. I honestly am not surprised by Donald Trump's actions. But what does surprise me are the actions taken by our other elected Republican officials. They either refused to acknowledge reality or out right deny it by supporting Trump in his claims and in the recent lawsuit out of Texas which was filed in the US Supreme Court against various swing states.
The US Supreme Court ruled that the Texas lawsuit had no standing. That is, Texas did not have the right to file the lawsuit in the first place as they have no say in how other states conduct their elections. It was just another attempt to overturn the popular vote. An attempt that had no basis in fact or legality.
Here are the remarks of one federal judge in the state of Wisconsin pertaining to one of the lawsuits:
Over 100 Republican House members signed on supporting the Texas lawsuit. I am ashamed to say that Minnesota's representatives were among them.
To them I say, when you were elected you took an oath of office to support the United States Constitution. By your actions you have broken that oath. Resign.
