As I See It
Despite claims on both sides, election was not rigged
Can we please stop claiming the election was rigged? We heard that claim from Donald Trump throughout the campaign. He refused to say whether he would abide by the results of the election. That prompted a flurry of criticism from democrats like U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, who condemned candidate Trump from his comments. But now the shoe is on the other foot. Now some democrats are suggesting the election was rigged, that hackers somehow played a role in getting Trump elected. Baloney. But Baldwin isn’t shouting from the rooftops now. With democrats forcing a recount of every presidential ballot cast in Wisconsin, she should be condemning this latest suggestion the election was rigged. But she has been silent, along with other democrats who condemned Trump. Trump isn’t doing our democracy any favors either. He continues to offer his unsubstantiated claim that two million illegal aliens voted in our recent election, and that is the only reason he didn’t win the popular vote. Enough already. That is disparaging to municipal clerks who work hard to ensure election integrity. The fact is Donald Trump earned enough votes in our current system of selecting presidents to win the job. Let’s just accept that, and move on, and end this nonsense about rigged elections.