{"id":107450,"date":"2020-11-08T06:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T03:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/unity-with-trump-supporters-ok-prove-you-mean-it-joe-goodwin\/"},"modified":"2020-11-08T06:01:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T03:01:11","slug":"unity-with-trump-supporters-ok-prove-you-mean-it-joe-goodwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unity-with-trump-supporters-ok-prove-you-mean-it-joe-goodwin\/","title":{"rendered":"#Unity with Trump supporters? OK, prove you mean it, Joe!: Goodwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a9a5202495\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a9a5202495\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unity-with-trump-supporters-ok-prove-you-mean-it-joe-goodwin\/#Spit_take_No_law_but_disorder\" >Spit take: No law, but disorder<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unity-with-trump-supporters-ok-prove-you-mean-it-joe-goodwin\/#Dark_leftist_tale_for_these_twisted_Times\" >Dark leftist tale for these twisted Times<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Unity with Trump supporters? OK, prove you mean it, Joe!: Goodwin<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        The election\u2019s not even over yet and already Joe Biden\u2019s peace train could be headed off the rails.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat promised repeatedly during the campaign to unite the country by governing as \u201can American president,\u201d a pledge he repeated Saturday. Since the polls closed, he\u2019s also been urging patience as the counting went on in a handful of battleground states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew because of the unprecedented mail-in vote and the early vote that it was going to take a while,\u201d he said Wednesday. \u201cWe have to be patient, and it\u2019s not over until every vote is counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday he said, \u201cDemocracy sometimes is messy. It sometimes requires a little patience as well, so I ask everyone to stay calm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Excellent advice then \u2014 and he should follow it himself now by slowing down the rush to spike the football.<\/p>\n<p>Equally important, he must make sure his supporters get the message that revenge was not on the ballot because some, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently believe it was.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the former vice president is considered the president-elect, it is imperative that his unity message not be discarded like a faded campaign poster. It must be embedded in every decision he makes if he actually wants it to be a governing principle.<\/p>\n<p>If Biden isn\u2019t sincere about bridging the polarization, both sides will know it and the national hatreds and violence he vowed to temper will multiply. Indeed, he will have to prove repeatedly he meant what he said with his own conduct before others in public life actually believe him and begin to act accordingly themselves.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump also has an important role to play. While he is entitled as a candidate and obligated as a sitting president to pursue challenges where he believes tallies are incorrect or illegal, it\u2019s not in America\u2019s interest or his to continue to lodge blanket accusations of fraud and theft. As young journalists are taught about good reporting, show, don\u2019t tell. The president should let the evidence and his lawyers do most of the talking.<\/p>\n<p>None of this is to suggest that Biden should not celebrate his enormous personal achievement. I was shocked he got the party\u2019s nomination, let alone could win a record-shattering 74 million popular votes and what could be 300 electoral votes.<\/p>\n<p>His running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, has also made history of her own as the first female vice-president elect.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16586682\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16586682 lazyload\" alt=\"Joe Biden cannot ignore the more than 70 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump.\" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/TrumpSupporters-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/TrumpSupporters-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/TrumpSupporters-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/TrumpSupporters-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/TrumpSupporters-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Joe Biden cannot ignore the more than 70 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Lansing State Journal via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, both would be wise to acknowledge the more than 70 million people who voted for Trump, which would have gained him a landslide in any other year. To dismiss all those voters as racists and idiots, as many on the left do, is to consign the nation to unresolvable conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Biden and Harris should not scoff at the lawsuits and challenges in the most contested states.<\/p>\n<p>Giving legitimacy to those disputes would be unusual, but we live in unusual and dangerous times. If Biden were to shut his eyes and pretend that all Americans fully accept the outcome as untainted, he would be making a colossal mistake that could haunt him should he be formally declared the winner.<\/p>\n<p>If he trusts the results are honest and accurate, he must do what he urged others to do \u2014 be patient and calm \u201cuntil every vote is counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A prime example is Pennsylvania, the first state that put him over the magic number of 270 electoral votes. Among the hot-button issues there is whether late-arriving ballots are legal, an issue flagged Friday when Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito took the highly unusual step of ordering the state to segregate those ballots and, if they are counted, to count them separately.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear how many exist and whether they factor into Biden\u2019s reported victory in the state. Until those issues are settled to the court\u2019s satisfaction, the Pennsylvania results are effectively tentative.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, recounts are likely in Wisconsin and Georgia, and reports of computer \u201cglitches\u201d in Michigan, Nevada and elsewhere must be resolved if the results are to be widely believed.<\/p>\n<p>All these resolutions can happen quickly \u2014 if Democrat state officials stop hiding behind cardboard coverings taped to windows and evicting GOP observers. Actions like that suggest there is something to hide and Biden must make it clear to those state officials that he wants full transparency and doesn\u2019t fear it.<\/p>\n<p>Another of his welcome campaign messages is one that he repeated Friday: \u201cWe may be opponents, but we are not enemies. We are Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s absolutely the right tone, but some of his key supporters sound more interested in humiliation and revenge than reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>His spokesman, Andrew Bates, also said Friday in a statement about Trump that \u201cthe United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No doubt that played well with the deep-state haters and resistance crowd, but it smacked of juvenile bravado and Bates deserves a visit to the woodshed. By letting the public know he doesn\u2019t approve of such talk, Biden would be affirming his unity pledge to all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>As for Ocasio-Cortez, she is supporting the reprehensible idea of having her side keep lists of Trump supporters, writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>: \u201cIs anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A group of Never Trumpers echoed the banana-republic notion, saying they aimed to punish the president\u2019s supporters. Jennifer Rubin, the odious Washington Post columnist, wrote that Trump supporters \u201cshould never serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position or be accepted into \u2018polite\u2019 society. We have a list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The best response Biden could give is to say that he, too, is keeping a list \u2014 of those who continue to stir hatred and division and that he denounces them, regardless of how they voted.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spit_take_No_law_but_disorder\"><\/span>Spit take: No law, but disorder<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Post\u2019s front page headline Friday of \u201cPHLEGM FATALE\u201d was a keeper, but reader Ruth Jones, M.D., isn\u2019t laughing. She writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat it means to spit in a policeman\u2019s face in 2020<\/p>\n<p>1. You are not wearing a mask.<\/p>\n<p>2. You are not maintaining social distance of 6 ft.<\/p>\n<p>3. You could be a super spreader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, she notes with disgust that despite violating all things the left supposedly cares about, the woman arrested, Devina Singh, was released without ever seeing a judge and given a mere desk-appearance ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Because being a protester these days is a license to break the law in New York.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dark_leftist_tale_for_these_twisted_Times\"><\/span>Dark leftist tale for these twisted Times<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reader Casey Tefertiller, an author, sees a dark story coming soon. He writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoon after the election, the New York Times discovers the Biden corruption issue and does a big report damning him. President Biden resigns rather than face an impeachment hearing from his own party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Harris selects Bernie Sanders as her new vice president. The Times wins a Pulitzer Prize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe End\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/07\/unity-with-trump-supporters-ok-prove-you-mean-it-joe-goodwin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Unity with Trump supporters? OK, prove you mean it, Joe!: Goodwin&#8221; The election\u2019s not even over yet and already Joe Biden\u2019s peace train could be headed off the rails. The Democrat promised repeatedly during the campaign to unite the country by governing as \u201can American president,\u201d a pledge he repeated Saturday. 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