The recriminations and finger-pointing by those on the progressive left began shortly after Georgia and North Carolina showed durable and ultimately irreversible leads for Donald Trump. And when the “blue wall” states began falling like dominoes, and Trump was on his way to a resounding victory in the Electoral College and becoming the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote, their exhaustion was accompanied by deep depression. There was no litigating their way out of this one.
Both sides agreed on one thing about this election: It promised existential consequences, a winner-take-all race like few contests in presidential history. If Kamala Harris had prevailed, officials on the right would be engaged in fear and trembling just as much as so many on the left are now. And as is usually the case on the losing side, a circular firing squad…
