https://www.theguardian.com/comment...p-voter-fraud-lie-political-gain-explanations
Finally, and most ominously, Trump has already drafted a script that could be used in two years’ time to impeach the midterm elections should they result in Republican reversals. That same script could be called upon four years from now should Trump lose a re-election bid. Whatever damage candidate Trump could have done to American democracy had he lost in November would pale in comparison to the damage wrought by a sitting president rejecting his defeat.
This is not to say that Trump would try to turn America into Gambia. But confidence in the results of elections is the ultimate benchmark of a democracy’s legitimacy. This confidence is based on the transparency of processes, and on the existence of a free and independent press able to expose any irregularities. In propagating the myth of his stolen popular vote, Trump has attacked both.
Finally, and most ominously, Trump has already drafted a script that could be used in two years’ time to impeach the midterm elections should they result in Republican reversals. That same script could be called upon four years from now should Trump lose a re-election bid. Whatever damage candidate Trump could have done to American democracy had he lost in November would pale in comparison to the damage wrought by a sitting president rejecting his defeat.
This is not to say that Trump would try to turn America into Gambia. But confidence in the results of elections is the ultimate benchmark of a democracy’s legitimacy. This confidence is based on the transparency of processes, and on the existence of a free and independent press able to expose any irregularities. In propagating the myth of his stolen popular vote, Trump has attacked both.