1/10. Cruz et al do not allege fraud, they allege allegations of fraud.
2/10. When there are false allegations of fraud, a serious public servant tells the truth.
3/10. Elections are about turning beliefs into facts, convictions into ballots.
4/10. Retroactively turning those ballots back into beliefs, the beliefs of one man, is how you get authoritarianism.
5/10. A faith-based challenge to a democratic election amounts to an attempt to undo democracy itself.
6/10. Democracy depends upon facts, and upon creating them and sharing them.
7/10. Modern tyranny arrives when we accept that the beliefs of the leader matter more than the actions of the people.
8/10. Post-truth is pre-fascism.
9/10. Politicians who deny the validity of ballots are responsible when their followers use bullets.
10/10. Cruz and Hawley are trying to set a precedent for 2024: lose, lie, get appointed by Congress.
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