Featuring Mary McCord, Keep Our Republic, David Thornburgh, Committee of Seventy,a nd Jonathan Winer, Keep Our Republic
Although Joe Biden won the 2020 Presidential Election by 306 to 232 votes in the Electoral College (and by 7 million in the popular vote), Donald Trump refused to acknowledge the result and instead led an unprecedented onslaught of legal challenges in state and federal courts with an array of claims of voter fraud and conspiracy. When the court challenges failed, President Trump continued to seek ways to overturn the election results. These efforts culminated in the assault on Congress on January 6th, one of the most serious threats ever to our democracy. Our democracy prevailed, but weaknesses were exposed. In this program our panelists will discuss some of these weaknesses and how we might address them moving forward.
This program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Law & Policy Program.