Democrat Biden won the election by more than 7 million votes and by 306 to 232 electoral votes. Trump has lost 55 of the 56 court cases he has brought to change the election’s outcome, and all 50 states have certified their election results. This election is not close; attempts to overturn it reject the central concept of democracy: that voters choose their leaders.
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson teaches American history at Boston College. She is the author of a number of books, most recently, How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America. She writes the popular nightly newsletter Letters from an American. Follow her on Twitter: @HC_Richardson.
ALL POSTS BY Heather Cox Richardson
December 10, 2020The White House appears to be trying to sabotage the Biden administration not only by keeping the Biden team from information it needs, but by tying its hands and slowing it down.
December 9, 2020With the pandemic, the failing economy, and the Republicans’ unwillingness to recognize his presidency, Biden is facing an unprecedented crisis. But he definitely knows how Washington works.
December 8, 2020Despite the coronavirus crisis, the Trump administration continues to put its energy into trying to overturn the 2020 election.
December 6, 2020There is no excuse for the silence of Republican lawmakers as their president attacks our democracy. But there might be a precedent.
December 5, 2020While coronavirus continues to burn across the country, Trump is focusing instead on continuing to contest the election results and on the Pentagon.
December 4, 2020For those who cannot see it: we are in one of the most profound crises of American history.
December 3, 2020The president has largely ceased to govern, nursing his grievances in the White House and emerging only to golf. Mainstream Republicans have largely abdicated responsibility.
December 2, 2020Trump seems to have accepted that he’s going to have to leave office, and to be exploring his options.
December 1, 2020Biden appears to be recovering the structure and stability of our government while also enabling it to reflect our nation more accurately than it ever has before.
