Democrats’ 2020 strategy? Scare voters into the booths

Published August 21, 2020 2:36am ET



The Democratic Party has a new campaign pitch: Vote in November, or lose that right completely.

Democrats have worked hard over the past year to convince voters that President Trump and the GOP are waging a war against the public’s democratic rights, including the right to vote. Hence the ridiculous conspiracy theory that the United States Postal Service is sabotaging the election by delaying mail-in voting. This also explains why certain Democratic candidates, namely former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, insisted that she had been robbed of the election after losing fair and square. It’s much easier to claim the game is rigged than to concede defeat.

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