Matt Gaetz running the justice department. Fox hosts in charge of the Pentagon and transportation. Elon Musk as head of layoffs. And Robert F Kennedy Jr and Dr Oz overseeing the nationās health.
Some have likened Donald Trumpās administrative picks to a clown car; others are calling our incoming leadership a kakistocracy, or āgovernment by the worst peopleā, as Merriam-Webster puts it.
The word has been trending online, with a burst in search traffic in recent weeks and a new dedicated subreddit. Itās not the first time Trump has (accidentally) made the term famous; many discovered it in his first term. But the kakistocracy of 2016 looks like Mister Rogersā Neighborhood compared with the president-electās new batch of sidekicks.
Hereās my complaint about this. Had trump lost the election, he would be demanding recounts in every possible place as well as launching lawsuits to delay and distract. We KNOW this, since he did it in 2020.
How unreasonable is it, then, that with all the questions raised by both his statements in public (such as āweāll have it fixed so good you wonāt have to voteā regarding 2028) and the statistical anomalies we canāt call for a recount in places where things seem amiss? If nothing is found, great, we elect a fascist; but if there was an attack/hack/fraud, then we find it and expose it. We have nothing to lose (weāre saving money over a trump loss and recounts everywhere) and Democracy to win.
Iām in a swing state and I definitely checked after the election to see that my ballot was counted. However, I canāt see the details as a private citizen, so I canāt verify it was tabulated correctly. Iām in NC, where the republican governor candidate was truly repugnant, but trump won by 3.39 points and Josh Stein won by over 14! In fact, more people voted for Stein than Trump. Maybe we could get Mark Robinson to request a recountā¦
Iām with you, and I donāt see any problem with demanding a recount.
I just donāt like the idea of doing or saying anything simply because the other side would or did. And conspiracy theories tend to spread rapidly online among those who have the incentive to believe, devolving into unidimensional āfor us or against usā advocacy wars.
Itās sort of like being at a counter-protest and trying to stop someone on your side from assaulting someone on the other side. They look at you in disbelief āwhose side are you on anyway?ā And the only thing you know is that this isnāt how you want to win.