A peaceful transfer of power
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This week the US Congress certified that Donald Trump won the Presidential election. He is now officially the President-Elect.
It is worth noting what has not happened since election day.
- The losing candidate conceded defeat
- There were no outlandish claims of hacked voting machines at the behest of Nicaragua
- There were no claims of massive voter fraud
- There were no phone calls to election officials asking them to change the results
- There were no fake slates of alternate electors
- There was no secret meetings of fake electors on the day set for the Electoral College to meet
- There was no pressure campaign for the Vice-President to unilaterally reject the election results
- There were no objections in Congress to the electoral votes
This of course is how it should be. A peaceful transfer of power is a vital part of democracy. However if the result had gone the other way, sadly we would have had more of the usual nonsensical claims of widespread electoral fraud – which only occurs it seems when they lose, not win.
Trump clearly won (as did Biden in 2020) and in two weeks his second term will start.
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