The election is not over yet. President Trump has not conceded, and his campaign plans to pursue its case in court in at least four states. But unless Trump is sitting on a pile of evidence that confirms tens of thousands of ballots across the country were illegitimate, it looks like Democratic candidate Joe Biden will be our next president.
That’s a difficult outcome to accept, given how close the race was in several states. But it is one Republicans must accept anyways — even if Trump does not. And right now, it seems like the president has no intention of accepting the results graciously. He has already declared that the election was stolen, though he has not provided evidence to back this claim, and he continues to insist he won in several states where Biden leads by more than 10,000 votes.
This is not to say Trump shouldn’t make his case in court. He has every right to do so, and given the anecdotal evidence that has arisen over the past few days, it is absolutely necessary to ascertain once and for all whether this election was a fair one, or whether foul play was involved. If this were the other way around and Biden had lost narrowly, he too would be pursuing legal action.
But if the courts decide the election was indeed fair, Republicans must be ready to move forward, with or without Trump. There are two Georgia runoff elections in January that will determine whether Republicans keep their majority in the Senate, and it is vital that Republicans stay focused and win over the voters they need to keep these seats.
To do so, Republicans must make the case against Biden, if he becomes our next president and his party’s leftist platform. It was this campaign message that helped Republicans win several House and Senate seats on Tuesday, and it is this message that will help them continue to win in 2022 and 2024. Any distraction from this message will hurt the Republicans’ candidates in the long-run, especially if that distraction comes in the form of a Republican president who wants to keep arguing over whether he truly won.
Again, we need to see how this plays out. For all we know, Trump might actually win at least one of his cases. But before long, the cases will have been decided, and it is very likely that Biden will still be considered the winner of this election. And Republicans will need to make a choice: Do we continue to fight a losing battle, or do we take what we’ve already won and move forward? Let’s hope they make the right call.
