That we aren't talking about this anymore. Or about this:🚨 Another 870,000 NEW unemployment claims were filed last week (adjusted). An additional 630,080 people filed for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
— Jo Ling Kent (@jolingkent) September 24, 2020
Overall, more than 26 million people are receiving some kind of #unemployment nationwide.
The layoffs aren’t stopping.
Or about deaths from coronavirus. We are only talking about Trump's Supreme Court pick. Anybody here old enough to remember that? Didn't the press conference yesterday pretty much wipe that subject from the headlines? (This whole meme that Trump is making us dance like puppets would work better if the news would stand still for 24 hours.) Maybe we should be talking about this:via @nytimes https://t.co/2jHFJOZkUs
— Benjamin Weiser (@BenWeiserNYT) September 24, 2020
Scott Walker's argument there is Trump's argument: if AP can't call the race by midnight on November 3, it's a fraud and a hoax and a fake and Trump wins by default no take-backs cheater cheater cheater!!!!!We aren’t talking about concession. Trump is talking about “getting rid of the ballots” and peaceful transition after the results are known. So are you for getting rid of ballots and refusing to leave office? Yes or no. https://t.co/60FHGkDoLz
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) September 24, 2020
Except that argument has no legal authority whatsoever, and no moral authority either. It's not even good sleight-of-hand. It's clumsy, clunky, and childish, the electoral equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum and threatening to take your ball and go home. Except the election isn't your ball. It's the people's ball.
We really do need to figure that one out.
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