Donât imagine for a second that electing a new president is going to close or salve the open wounds and raw nerves that the 2020 political campaigns exposed. Not even close.
Passions have not cooled from President-elect Joe Bidenâs victory over President Donald Trump last month. Thatâs clear from Trumpâs own delusional tweets and public statements alleging massive fraud â something officials in all 50 states and now his own loyalist attorney general dispute, and that his administrationâs election security czar was fired for publicly refuting. Itâs also clear from the death threats his own followers have made against local election officials in numerous states â Democrats and Republicans â including a 20-something technician in Georgia. âItâs gone too far. All of it,â Gabriel Sterling, a senior Georgia GOP election official, said during an emotional news conference last week that was still trending on social media over the weekend.