He refused to accept the outcome of an election and decided that he was not prepared to hand over his office to the man who beat him at the ballot box. And so, he and his associates decided that, by whatever means possible, they would find enough votes to reverse the result of that election. Is this about Donald Trump in November of 2020? No, this is about Democrat Bob Casey in 2024.
Casey, who was running for his fourth term as Pennsylvania senator, was defeated by his Republican challenger, David McCormick. When the Associated Press called the race for McCormick on Nov. 7, the margin of votes separating the two candidates was slim. The Republican was leading Bob Casey by about 26,000 votes. The call in favor of McCormick was made on the determination that, of the votes still to be counted, not enough of them were from precincts favoring the incumbent,…