The New York Post has an editorial out this morning that they’ve put on the front page called “Mr. President, Stop the Insanity, You Lost the Election – Here’s How to Save your Legacy”:
The Post says: Give it up, Mr. President — for your sake and the nation’s https://t.co/uTh5Vm1dlR pic.twitter.com/HLTCl5ulzy
— NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) December 28, 2020
Here’s how it begins:
Mr. President, it’s time to end this dark charade.
We’re one week away from an enormously important moment for the next four years of our country.
On Jan. 5, two runoff races in Georgia will determine which party will control the Senate — whether Joe Biden will have a rubber stamp or a much-needed check on his agenda.
Unfortunately, you’re obsessed with the next day, Jan. 6, when Congress will, in a pro forma action, certify the Electoral College vote. You have tweeted that, as long as Republicans have “courage,” they can overturn the results and give you four more years in office.
In other words, you’re cheering for an undemocratic coup.
You had every right to investigate the election. But let’s be clear: Those efforts have found nothing. To take just two examples: Your campaign paid $3 million for a recount in two Wisconsin counties, and you lost by 87 more votes. Georgia did two recounts of the state, each time affirming Biden’s win. These ballots were counted by hand, which alone debunks the claims of a Venezuelan vote-manipulating Kraken conspiracy.
Sidney Powell is a crazy person. Michael Flynn suggesting martial law is tantamount to treason. It is shameful.
We understand, Mr. President, that you’re angry that you lost. But to continue down this road is ruinous. We offer this as a newspaper that endorsed you, that supported you: If you want to cement your influence, even set the stage for a future return, you must channel your fury into something more productive.
Stop thinking about Jan. 6. Start thinking about Jan. 5.
If Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler win, they will prevent Biden from rolling back what you have accomplished. A Republican Senate can pressure Biden against returning to the old, failed Iran deal, can stop him from throwing open our southern border, will prevent him from packing the Supreme Court.
I was waiting to see if Twitter was going to block this one like they did the blockbuster Hunter Biden story in October, but so far they and the MSM love the NY Post now and are sharing it feverishly. I’ve already seen tweets from Maggie Haberman (NY Times) and Kyle Cheney (MSNBC) and that’s just a drop in the bucket.
I should also note that this isn’t just an opinion by some leftist or Never Trumper, this is the paper’s editorial board which endorsed Trump in November.
What do I think? They aren’t wrong about the Senate. We need both Perdue and Loeffler to win. That is crucial at this point. We already have 50 seats won, so we need at least one of them at the bare minimum to win in order for Republicans to control the Senate.
As far as Trump continuing to fight to overturn the election, I’m not going to pile on like many. The odds of Trump winning at this point are pretty low, but after what the president has been through over the last four years, he’s earned the right to fight for another few weeks if he wants. So let him fight if he wants.