Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion Trump’s last-ditch effort to steal the election is the biggest farce of all

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December 10, 2020 at 7:19 p.m. EST
President Trump departs after signing an executive order for "Ensuring Access to United States Government COVID-19 Vaccines" during an Operation Warp Speed vaccine summit in the South Court Auditorium at the White House ob Tuesday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

“We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!” tweeted the soon-to-be-ex-president of the United States. A filing at the Supreme Court soon followed.

President Trump needs an intervention these days all right — but not of the kind he was talking about. And it’s he who desperately needs a victory, not the country.