By John Kanelis / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com
The irony is so rich, so thick that you can barely cut through it with the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Think about this for a moment. The immediate past president of the U.S. of A. alleges that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him. He preaches the Big Lie about rampant voter fraud that doesn’t exist. POTUS 45 and his minions keep yapping about how he will be “reinstated” and returned to power.
The irony is that they are proposing an element of electoral “theft” I never thought possible in this great country.
President Biden won the election, the results of which have been certified in every state and the District of Columbia. His Republican opponent keeps yammering about the 74 million Americans who supported his candidacy. Yes, the figure is impressive; it is the second-greatest number of votes ever cast for a presidential candidate.
However, Biden polled 81 million-plus votes, the greatest total ever amassed.
If the losing side of a brutal presidential campaign is going to suggest that electoral theft occurred, then why in the name of political sanity do they keep insisting on their own brand of thievery?
The irony in their argument simply forces me to dismiss it out of hand. You may take this to the pawn shop — or the bank — if you wish: I will never, not in a zillion years, cast the level of doubt on our nation’s electoral integrity we are hearing from right-wingers today.
They are denigrating the integrity of every state, county and local election official who work diligently to protect our most cherished democratic process. They have applauded the incitement of the insurrection that occurred Jan. 6. They have refused to honor the police officers who risked their lives to protect them against the riotous mob of terrorists who stormed the Capitol Building.
They are marching to the cadence being called by the individual President Biden defeated in the nation’s most secure election … ever!
For them to declare the election was stolen demonstrates willful ignorance of the very theft they seek to orchestrate.
The irony is astounding.
