Some Democrats are accepting defeat in November, and
they’re okay with it. It’s refreshing, in a sense, to see at least one
Democrat who isn’t engulfed by Trump derangement syndrome. Rep. Jared
Golden (D-ME)
took to local media, penning, or at least a staffer did, an op-ed in Bangor Daily News saying plainly that Trump is going to win the election, and our nation, our democracy is going to be fine:
This Independence Day marks our nation’s 248th birthday.
In that time, American democracy has withstood civil war, world wars,
acts of terrorism and technological and societal changes that would make
the Founders’ head spin.
Pearl-clutching about a Trump victory
ignores the strength of our democracy. Jan. 6, 2021, was a dark day. But
Americans stood strong. Hundreds of police officers protected the
democratic process against thousands who tried to use violence to upend
it. Judges and state election officials upheld our election laws.
Members of Congress, including leaders from both parties, certified the
election results.
They all are joined in the defense of democracy
by the millions of us who, like me, made an oath of allegiance to the
United States and to the Constitution when we began our military
service, plus hundreds of millions of freedom-loving Americans who won’t
let anyone take away our constitutional rights as citizens of the
greatest democracy in history.
This election is about the
economy, not democracy. And when it comes to our economy, our Congress
matters far more than who occupies the White House.
[…]
In
2025, I believe Trump is going to be in the White House. Maine’s
representatives will need to work with him when it benefits Mainers,
hold him accountable when it does not and work independently across the
aisle no matter what.
At long last, a Democrat who knows that often your side loses in a
representative democracy. Public opinion is shiftable sand; there are no
permanent majorities. Trump winning the presidency wasn’t the end of
the world in 2016; it won’t be in 2024. It'll still be viewed a throwing
Biden under the bus, but it seems scores of Democrats are doing that
now. Biden remains adamant in staying in the race, however.
While
Rep. Golden talks about protecting liberal domestic items, he does
pepper this piece with an ‘embrace the suck’ aura because he, like most
voters, knows that Biden is too old to be president.
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