The History and Current "Real" Election Interference
No Trump, holding you accountable for your civil and criminal crimes is NOT "election interference."
Issue #544 The Choice Monday, March 25, 2024
We are now just over 7 months before the 2024 Presidential Election on November 5, which is always held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Although this is a national election, it is actually the individual states that are in charge of conducting the election in their jurisdictions.
It is important to remember that just as he did in 2020, the presumptive presidential nominee for the Republican Party, Donald John Trump, Sr., and the Republican Party as a whole, are going to do everything they can to get Trump back in the White House, even though Republicans have not won the popular vote since George W. Bush in 2004.
Because the Republicans keep losing the popular vote, it is incumbent upon us to do everything we can between now and November to keep the Republicans from winning, especially realizing that they will not play “by the rules.”
In November 2022, knowing he was facing multiple charges for past misdeeds, Donald John Trump decided to announce that he would run for president for the 3rd time. In 2016, he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by more than 3 million votes but won enough Electoral College votes to become the 45th President of the United States.
In 2020, Trump lost the popular vote to Joe Biden by almost 8 million votes and also lost the Electoral College by 68 votes. In November and December 2020, Trump lost over 60 court cases contesting the election results. Also in December 2020, he put out a call to his supporters to assemble in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, the day that the Electoral College votes are officially counted by the Vice President every four years.
On January 6, 2021, the insurrectionist Trump supporters attacked the Capitol and temporarily stopped the counting of the Electoral College votes. The main purposes of the mob were to “hang Mike Pence,” kill Nancy Pelosi, and send the Electoral College voting back to the States, the majority of which were controlled by Republicans, so that Trump would be declared president even though he lost the popular vote and the Electoral College.
The insurrection failed and the Electoral College vote was completed at about 1:30 am ET. Luckily, two Congressional aides had the presence of mind to grab the case with the official votes as everyone was running for safety from the mob, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Congress back in session to complete the count.
Since then, Trump has been personally charged with 88 criminal offenses in four criminal cases. This total reflects charges related to Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, election interference in Georgia, falsifying business records in New York, and mishandling classified records after leaving the presidency. Donald Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to be criminally indicted.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has been spending his time actually “presidenting,” including all of the things he has done for Black people since he took office:
We are now just over 7 months before the 2024 Presidential Election on November 5, which is always held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Although this is a national election, it is actually the individual states that are in charge of conducting the election in their jurisdictions.
It is important to remember that just as he did in 2020, the presumptive presidential nominee for the Republican Party, Donald John Trump, Sr., and the Republican Party as a whole, are going to do everything they can to get Trump back in the White House, even though Republicans have not won the popular vote since George W. Bush in 2004.
Because the Republicans keep losing the popular vote, it is incumbent upon us to do everything we can between now and November to keep the Republicans from winning, especially realizing that they will not play “by the rules.”
In November 2022, knowing he was facing multiple charges for past misdeeds, Donald John Trump decided to announce that he would run for president for the 3rd time. In 2016, he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by more than 3 million votes but won enough Electoral College votes to become the 45th President of the United States.
In 2020, Trump lost the popular vote to Joe Biden by almost 8 million votes and also lost the Electoral College by 68 votes. In November and December 2020, Trump lost over 60 court cases contesting the election results. Also in December 2020, he put out a call to his supporters to assemble in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, the day that the Electoral College votes are officially counted by the Vice President every four years.
On January 6, 2021, the insurrectionist Trump supporters attacked the Capitol and temporarily stopped the counting of the Electoral College votes. The main purposes of the mob were to “hang Mike Pence,” kill Nancy Pelosi, and send the Electoral College voting back to the States, the majority of which were controlled by Republicans, so that Trump would be declared president even though he lost the popular vote and the Electoral College.
The insurrection failed and the Electoral College vote was completed at about 1:30 am ET. Luckily, two Congressional aides had the presence of mind to grab the case with the official votes as everyone was running for safety from the mob, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Congress back in session to complete the count.
Since then, Trump has been personally charged with 88 criminal offenses in four criminal cases. This total reflects charges related to Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, election interference in Georgia, falsifying business records in New York, and mishandling classified records after leaving the presidency. Donald Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to be criminally indicted.
Because he is now a declared candidate for the 2024 presidential election, Trump has called every case against him “election interference,” even though the history of the misdeeds that caused all the court cases began years ago.
Trump is hoping that if he wins the 2024 election, he can make the federal cases disappear, although he cannot legally do anything about the state cases.
However, true “election interference” has been going on in the United States since the country’s inception. At the time of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, only white Christian men who owned property were allowed to vote. In the 237 years since, although voting rights were slowly achieved for women and non-white Americans through the 1960s, in the 21st century there have been many initiatives, policies, and laws intended to suppress the votes of non-whites and non-Republicans.
The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified in 1870, gave Black men the right to vote, but almost immediately the Jim Crow laws enacted in the southern states following the Reconstruction era, which aimed to disenfranchise Black voters through literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses. These laws effectively prevented many Black Americans from exercising their right to vote.
Since it was illegal in the South to teach slaves to read and write, it was almost impossible for most Black men in the late 1800s to pass literacy tests. Poll taxes were enacted to limit Black (and poor white) voters who could not afford those additional taxes. The “grandfather clause” stated that if your grandfather was able to vote, you could also vote, which of course eliminated newly freed Black men whose grandfathers were most probably disenfranchised slaves.
Gerrymandering, the practice of redrawing district boundaries to favor one political party, has been used to dilute the voting power of Black communities, it is still a practice used today.
Even before 2020, voter ID laws have been implemented in many states, which require voters to present specific forms of identification at the polls. These laws disproportionately affect Black Americans, who are less likely to have access to the required forms of ID. In addition, strict voter registration requirements, limited polling locations in minority communities, eliminating drop boxes, and purging of voter rolls have also been used to suppress the Black vote.
Overall, the history of voter suppression in the United States has disproportionately impacted Black Americans, and efforts to disenfranchise minority voters continue to this day. It is important to recognize and address these systemic barriers to ensure that all Americans have equal access to the ballot box.
Because he is now a declared candidate for the 2024 presidential election, Trump has called every case against him “election interference,” even though the history of the misdeeds that caused all the court cases began years ago.
Trump is hoping that if he wins the 2024 election, he can make the federal cases disappear, although he cannot legally do anything about the state cases.
However, true “election interference” has been going on in the United States since the country’s inception. At the time of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, only white Christian men who owned property were allowed to vote. In the 237 years since, although voting rights were slowly achieved for women and non-white Americans through the 1960s, in the 21st century there have been many initiatives, policies, and laws intended to suppress the votes of non-whites and non-Republicans.
The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified in 1870, gave Black men the right to vote, but almost immediately the Jim Crow laws enacted in the southern states following the Reconstruction era, which aimed to disenfranchise Black voters through literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses. These laws effectively prevented many Black Americans from exercising their right to vote.
Since it was illegal in the South to teach slaves to read and write, it was almost impossible for most Black men in the late 1800s to pass literacy tests. Poll taxes were enacted to limit Black (and poor white) voters who could not afford those additional taxes. The “grandfather clause” stated that if your grandfather was able to vote, you could also vote, which of course eliminated newly freed Black men whose grandfathers were most probably disenfranchised slaves.
Gerrymandering, the practice of redrawing district boundaries to favor one political party, has been used to dilute the voting power of Black communities, it is still a practice used today.
Even before 2020, voter ID laws have been implemented in many states, which require voters to present specific forms of identification at the polls. These laws disproportionately affect Black Americans, who are less likely to have access to the required forms of ID. In addition, strict voter registration requirements, limited polling locations in minority communities, eliminating drop boxes, and purging of voter rolls have also been used to suppress the Black vote.
Overall, the history of voter suppression in the United States has disproportionately impacted Black Americans, and efforts to disenfranchise minority voters continue to this day. It is important to recognize and address these systemic barriers to ensure that all Americans have equal access to the ballot box.
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