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Kusukela ekuqaleni kobumongameli bakhe, uDonald Trump wayephusha yonke imingcele, ephula uMthethosisekelo, futhi ephula imithetho nezinkambiso. Kodwa kulo nyaka odlule, ukhuphule ukuhlasela kwakhe esizweni kangangokuthi sisesimweni lapho umongameli waseMelika elwa nesizwe-noma ngabe abaningi bethu bengakakuqapheli lokho.
I-Tweet evela eWalter Reed National Military Medical Center ngenkathi ilwa ne-coronavirus, uTrump uthumele umlayezo kuTwitter ukuqasha amasosha aqotho. Okuthunyelwe kwakhe kuveze isithombe sakhe namagama athi, “Fight for President Trump!” Yayixhunywe ekhasini elibizwa ngokuthi "ArmyforTrump.com." Umkhankaso kaTrump wokukhethwa kabusha yethule leyo webhusayithi ngoMashi 2020 futhi yathumela ama-imeyili okuqongelela imali ku-"PATRIOT ONLY," ibatshela ukuthi "bazokwenza ukwengeza okuhle eButhweni likaTrump." Siqhubekisela phambili ingqikithi yempi, umkhankaso uthembise ukuthumela izigqoko ezifihlakele ngesiqubulo sikaTrump somkhankaso ukuze athole iminikelo, ethi, “UMongameli ufuna ukuthi WENA kanye nawo wonke amanye amalungu ebutho lethu elikhethekile likaTrump nibe nokuthile enizozazisa ngakho,” njengoba nje amasosha engase adlale ekhomba izimpawu noma umfaniswano. Futhi, ngokomlayezo womkhankaso, abalandeli bakaTrump kulindeleke ukuthi babe "umugqa wokuqala kaMongameli wokuzivikela uma kukhulunywa ngokulwa ne-MOB ekhululekile."
Uma ulimi olunjalo belungaphazamisi ngokwanele, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi u-Trump usezandleni zakhe futhi ashayele noma iyiphi inombolo yamaqembu ahlomile ahlomile alungele impi yangempela egameni lakhe. Ngesikhathi senkulumompikiswano yakhe yokuqala noqokwe njengomengameli weDemocratic Alliance, uJoe Biden, uTrump wangabaza kanye kuyo yonke imizuzu engama-90, kulapho umongameli uChris Wallace amcela khona ukuthi agxeke ngokungananazi ubukhosi babamhlophe. Ngenkathi uWallace eqamba iqembu elithi Proud Boys, uTrump waqala ngokuthi kufanele “bahlehle,” kodwa wavele wangakwazi ukumelana nokungeza, “futhi bame,” okuyinto nganoma iyiphi incazelo kuwuphawu lokuthi balungele uma kwenzeka kudingeka usizo lwabo. Iqiniso lokuthi uTrump wazizwa ekhululekile futhi ejwayelene ngokwanele ne Boys Abaqhoshayo ukukhipha imiyalo kufanele kuphazamise kakhulu uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi leli qembu lakhiwe ngabamhlophe, abangabahloniphi abafazi, kanye ehlome kahle amadoda.
Nakuba uTrump ngokushesha wakhumbula ngemuva kosuku lwenkulumompikiswano ngokusobala wayengazi ukuthi iProud Boys ingobani, leli qembu labe selimemezela ukuthi lingakuthokozela ukumkhonza, futhi. ikhiphe ilogo entsha ekhombisa imiyalo yabo emisha yokumasha evela kumongameli. Uma isimo esinjena besisenzeka kwelinye izwe, uMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika kanye nemithombo yezindaba yaseMelika bebezobiza iProud Boys njengeqembu “elihlomile elilwela kwesokudla” umholi wesizwe alibizayo ukuze asabise ngokuketula umbuso.
Ngosuku uTrump abuyela ngalo eWhite House, wayehlala egula kodwa kusobala ukuthi namanje wayefuna ukuqhubeka nenkulumo-mpikiswano mathupha ne-Biden ehlelelwe u-Okthoba 15. Lapho Ikhomishini Yezinkulumo-mpikiswano Zomongameli kumemezela Inkulumo-mpikiswano izobanjwa cishe ngenxa yokukhathazeka nge-coronavirus, uTrump unqabile, Bethi engxoxweni ye-Fox Business, "Ngeke ngichithe isikhathi sami ngenkulumo-mpikiswano ebonakalayo." Yena umsolwa ikhomishini "yokuzama ukuvikela iBiden." Ngempela, kulesi simo uTrump uziveze njengesikhali sebhayoloji ngokumelene noBiden, futhi abasebenzi bakhe kanye nama-ejenti ayimfihlo “ukulimala kwesibambiso” ngemva kokuphuma kwakhe ngaphambi kwesikhathi esibhedlela waphindela eWhite House ngesikhathi ephuza ama-steroid anamandla. UTrump ubukeka ephatha noma yikuphi ukudakwa okuvela kuBiden njengethuba lokuveza amandla akhe ngokumelene nokwesaba imbangi yakhe (esemthethweni) yesifo esibulalayo.
Mhlawumbe kudalwe amavoti avela kuzifundazwe nezifunda akhombisa ukuthandwa kukaBiden kuyenyuka ephakeme futhi ephakeme, abaningi baseMelika kungenzeka bathembele ekunqobeni uTrump kuphela ngokuvota. Uma isizwe singathembela kumengameli kanye neqembu elidlala ngemithetho yentando yeningi, ngabe kwanele lokhu. Kodwa kuTrump, "I-poll kuphela ebalulekile i-poll yangoSuku Lokhetho endaweni yakho yokuvota."
Ekuphikiseni kaningi imiphumela yenhlolovo ngokuthi “inkohliso” (lapha futhi lapha, nezinye izindawo eziningi), nokuqamba amanga ngokuphindaphindiwe ngokuthi akukho “inkohliso yabavoti,” ubeka isisekelo phakathi kwebutho lakhe labalandeli bakhe lokushukunyiswa inkolelo engamanga yokuthi umongameli wabo wenqatshelwa ukuwina okusemthethweni necala lokumvikela ngoSuku Lokhetho.
Engawaniki thuba, uTrump usebenza ngentshiseko ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi usebenzisa umnikezeli wakhe omkhulu amandla, uMholi weSenate Majority uMitch McConnell, ukuthi unenqwaba yabantu eNkantolo Ephakeme. Ephendula ku-tweet komunye wabasekeli bakhe mayelana nokuthi ubulungiswa beNkantolo Ephakeme elandelayo “kungenzeka busize kanjani ukukhetha umongameli olandelayo,” uTrump uwuqinisekisile lo mbono nge-retweet futhi ujabule ngamandla akhe, ethi umzamo wokuqinisekisa iJaji u-Amy Coney Barrett uzoshesha futhi kulula!”
Ebhala ku-Truthout, uprofesa wezomthetho uMarjorie Cohn ubhekisele ngokunembile ezinhlosweni zikaTrump ngokuthi “uzame ukuketula umbuso.” Kepha ukuphumela obala kwakhe kuyivelakancane, futhi phakathi kwalabo ababika eziteshini zezindaba ezijwayelekile, akukho okukhombisa ubucayi bempi kaTrump ngathi. Amagama anjengokuthi “ukuketulwa umbuso” nelithi “ama-paramilitaries” agcinelwe ezinye izizwe, ezifundeni okuthiwa aziphumelelanga. Kodwa isikhathi sesifikile e-United States lapho amagama anjalo afaneleka kakhulu kunangaphambili.
Impela, amaDemocrat, okufanele abe yinqaba enkulu kuhulumeni ngokumelene nobushiqela bukaTrump, ngokubikezela ukuthi awayithathi ngokungathi sína impi yokhetho njengoba kufanele. Lapho unikezwa ithuba lokuvimba umugqa wesikhathi kaMcConnell ukuze aqinisekise uBarrett, amalunga eqembu leDemocratic Party abambe ongezansi futhi wamnika “imvume ngazwi linye” ayeyidinga ukuze ahlehlise iSigele amasonto amabili ngaphambi kokuqokwa kwakhe. Kade bengu noma iyiphi inombolo yezindlela lapho amaDemocrats abengaphazamisa i-ajenda kaMcConnell, kodwa akhetha ukungakwenzi. AmaDemocrat abonakala engaboni noma awakhathali ngokwanele ukuthi uTrump ufunda ukuthatha uhulumeni ngokungemthetho.
Abantu baseMelika abakhathazekile ngempi kaTrump bangaphindela kanjani? Ebhekene nesizwe zigcwele izibhamu, iningi labo ligxile ezandleni zalabo abagubha iSichibiyelo Sesibili, ingabe ikhona indlela yokubuyisela isizwe kumongameli nezikhulu zakhe ezihlomile? Abanye kwesokunxele sebeqalile ukuhlomisa futhi, kodwa lokhu kungagcina kuphela ngodlame olwengeziwe. ELacey, eWashington, UMichael Reinoehl, obesolwa ngokubulala umlandeli kaTrump athe wamdubula ezivikela, wasondela kuye ngokushesha abulawa amasosha federal ngesikhathi eboshwa kulokho okungase kuchazwe njengokubulala. UTrump udalule ukubulawa kwabantu ngokungemthetho (okuthole ukunakwa okuncane kakhulu) ngokuthi, "kufanele kube nokuphindisela. "
Kunezindlela ezingenabo ubudlova zokulwa noTrump kanye nebutho lakhe ezombusazwe, ezomthetho namasiko. Ngokudabukisayo, abameli beDemocratic Party abanaso isisu sokulwa nepolitiki. Kodwa abaningi izimpi ezingokomthetho zokuvikela ukuvota baye bathela izithelo, futhi abameli eGeorgetown Law's I-Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) bakhe amaphepha amaqiniso awusizo kubavoti kuzo zonke izifundazwe ezingu-50 mayelana namalungelo abo lapho bebhekene nababukeli be-poll abahlomile. Ngokokuqala ngqa, i- I-ACLU uzibandakanye kakhulu okhethweni lukamongameli wase-US, "ngoba izibalo ziphezulu kakhulu ezindabeni zamalungelo omphakathi kanye nenkululeko yabantu eMelika."
Ngaphambili kwamasiko, izindlela zempi ezingenabudlova ezisebenzayo zifaka phakathi ukusebenzisa amahlaya ukwehlisa amandla amaqembu afana neProud Boys, njengesishoshovu kanye nomlingisi. UGeorge Takei wenze ekukhuthazeni abashadikazi be-LGBTQ ukuthi bathathe i-hashtag yabo. Futhi ukuvuma nje ukuthi isizwe sisempini evela e-White House ngokumelene nathi sonke kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile sokuzilwela.
Umongameli akazami nokufihla izinhloso zakhe. Imithombo yezindaba, osolwazi abakhululekile, kanye nezazi zezombangazwe kudingeka basakaze ukuphuthuma kokuthi siphezu kombuso wokuvukela umbuso. Abantu baseMelika abaningi kakhulu abanethemba lokunqoba uTrump okhethweni bangase bangazi ukuthi uzimisele kangakanani ukubambelela embusweni, njengoba bekhohliswe yizinkulumo zabaholi abakhululekile zokuthi ukuvota nje kuyindlela enhle yokuthatha indawo eqhubekayo. ukuhlela ezombangazwe. Akunjalo, futhi singathola ngoSuku Lokhetho ukuthi ukuzivikela akwanele kangakanani ekuthatheni amandla kukaTrump.
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