A divided nation asks: What s holding our country together?
Weeks after the votes have been counted and the winners declared, many Americans remain angry, defiant and despairing. Author: Tamara Lush (Josh Boak, Nicholas Riccardi and Clarie Galofaro Associates Press) Published: 7:40 AM CST December 28, 2020 Updated: 7:40 AM CST December 28, 2020
NEW ORLEANS
Elections are meant to resolve arguments. This one inflamed them.
Weeks after the votes have been counted and the winners declared, many Americans remain angry, defiant and despairing. Millions now harbor new grievances borne of President Donald Trump s baseless claims of election fraud. Many Democrats are saddened by results that revealed the opposition to be far more powerful than they imagined.
2020/12/28 13:21 FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 file photo, Jondavid Longo, Republican mayor of Slippery Rock, Pa., center, presides over a Boy Scouts flag reti. FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 file photo, Jondavid Longo, Republican mayor of Slippery Rock, Pa., center, presides over a Boy Scouts flag retirement ceremony where worn out flags are cut up and burned in Slippery Rock. Longo says the 2020 election has changed politics in his town, surfacing resentments from voters on both sides. The lingering tensions now overshadow issues once considered local such as funding the police and libraries. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) FILE - In this Tuesday, March 10, 2020 file photo, Ricky Hurtado, the first Latino candidate to run for North Carolina s House of Representatives, pos.