Coalition, conservatives duck for cover on calls for US democracy

“We did win this election,” said US President Donald Trump, despite not all votes having been counted. “This is a major fraud on our nation.” Law suits have been filed, with Trump challenging Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court decision on the deadline for mail-in ballots.

Trump’s insistence that he won the election, and his efforts to halt counting in states where he is ahead while supporting the continuation of counting in states where he is behind, has to be a clear line for anyone professing to support democracy.

Test for views on democracy

In America, prominent Republicans and conservative commentators were quick to condemn Trump’s baseless claim. Republican senator Marco Rubio tweeted: “The result of the presidential…