When Senate Republicans rammed Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination through, one of their main goals was to have her on the Supreme Court in time to hear oral arguments in the case challenging the Affordable Care Act, California v. Texas. The American people saw this, and that is one reason that a majority of voters who considered the Supreme Court an important factor in their vote chose Joe Biden over Donald Trump, a change from previous elections when conservative and Republican voters cared more about the Court.

Going by “Million MAGA March,” “Stop the Steal,” and “March for Trump,” the rally-march event was portrayed by GOP political operative Ali Alexander as an organic uprising of Americans who believe the presidential election was “stolen” from President Donald Trump. In reality, it was an astroturfed campaign pulled together by Alexander, who has ties to Roger Stone and Steve Bannon, to push a false narrative of voter fraud and cast doubt on the integrity of the election. On display was how much the right—and Republican Party under Trump—have embraced what in the past would have been considered its most fringe elements.

The number of new cases in the U.S. rose every day in the past month; we saw an increase of more than a million new cases between November 8-14; and case numbers are currently rising in all 50 states.

This is the worst outbreak of the year, and we’re only just beginning the winter season in most of the country, which will lead to even greater community spread as cold weather forces people indoors and as families inevitably gather, against public health officials’ advice, for the holidays. Trump, however, made no attempt to support his administration’s health officials in their recommendations, even attempting to reinstate public holiday celebrations that had been canceled due to safety concerns amid the pandemic’s surge.

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