If the members of the Democratic Party truly believe that former President Donald Trump is the threat to democracy they claim he is, they would be acting very differently right now.

As President Joe Biden and his campaign continue to fend off calls from his own party for him to step aside in the presidential race to allow a younger, more energetic candidate to lead the party’s ticket, the fact that the party is not unified in dumping its geriatric presumptive nominee betrays how little the party actually believes its talking point that Trump is a grave threat to democracy.