Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election

After the 2020 United States presidential election in which Democratic Party challenger Joe Biden prevailed, Republican Party incumbent Donald Trump, as well as his presidential campaign and his proxies, pursued an aggressive, unprecedented effort to deny and overturn the results.

I'm an American President, not a President of red America or blue America, but of all America. And I believe it's my duty—my duty—to level with you, to tell the truth no matter how difficult, no matter how painful. And here, in my view, is what is true: MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election. And they're working right now, as I speak, in State after State to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself. ~ Joe Biden

Quotes

Think about where we would be today had Donald Trump conceded the election like a grown-up, and not carried on this hysterical campaign to convince people that the election was stolen, even after his legal team lost hearing after hearing, even in front of Republican-appointed judges. ~ Rod Dreher

• Too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal. Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. Now, I want to be very clear—[applause]—very clear up front: Not every Republican, not even the majority of Republicans, are MAGA Republicans. Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology. I know because I've been able to work with these mainstream Republicans. But there's no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, and that is a threat to this country. These are hard things. But I'm an American President, not a President of red America or blue America, but of all America. And I believe it's my duty—my duty—to level with you, to tell the truth no matter how difficult, no matter how painful. And here, in my view, is what is true: MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election. And they're working right now, as I speak, in State after State to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself.
  • Joe Biden, "Address on United States Democracy in Philadelphia", (1 September 2022)

• MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. They look at the mob that stormed the United States Capitol on January 6—brutally attacking law enforcement—not as insurrectionists who placed a dagger to the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. And they see their MAGA failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election as preparation for the 2022 and 2024 elections. They tried everything last time to nullify the votes of 81 million people. This time, they're determined to succeed in thwarting the will of the people. That's why respected conservatives, like Federal Circuit Court Judge Michael Luttig, has called Trump and the extreme MAGA Republicans, quote, a "clear and present danger" to our democracy. But while the threat to American democracy is real, I want to say as clearly as we can: We are not powerless in the face of these threats. We are not bystanders in this ongoing attack on democracy. There are far more Americans—far more Americans—from every background and belief who reject the extreme MAGA ideology than those that accept it. And, folks, it is within our power, it's in our hands—yours and mine—to stop the assault on American democracy.
  • Joe Biden, "Address on United States Democracy in Philadelphia", (1 September 2022)

• Think about where we would be today had Donald Trump conceded the election like a grown-up, and not carried on this hysterical campaign to convince people that the election was stolen, even after his legal team lost hearing after hearing, even in front of Republican-appointed judges. Think where we would be had he not disparaged Georgia Republican officials for not doing his bidding, and had not discouraged Georgia Republican voters from turning out for the Senate race. The prospects for conservatism will be dim for some time because of the shame, the fear, and the loathing that Trump and his mob brought forth.
  • Rod Dreher, "The Road Out of Nowhere", The American Conservative, (11 January 2021)

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election on Wikipedia