Upholding the Rule of Law, Or Not

 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES on several occasions has been asked whether he will accept the outcome of the upcoming election, and whether he would participated in a peaceful orderly transfer of power to a new administration. he refuses to answer the question, by saying, "we'll wait and see". Its a loaded question, in that there is only one acceptable answer, and the answer is expected. the answer is "yes". Its like asking someone if they love their country, their fellow man, and nature, or whether thy consider it important to treat people nicely and fairly. Or whether they believe that abusing animals, women, and children is acceptable. The acceptance of election results without attempting to overthrow them by force, and the peaceful transfer of power from one public official to the replacement, particularly with regard to the highest office in the land, is the foundation of a sustainable democracy, what separates a democracy from a chaotic violent autocracy. noteworthy is not only Mr. Trump's to explicitly support upholding the rule of law, but the deafening silence of his millions of supporters. Not a single word of disagreement or disapproval has been heard from any Republican member of the House or Senate, nor from any Trump supporters across America's fruited plain. It is as if either they agree with the president, and accept his point of view, or they consider his words unimportant, some kind of joke, or, ominously, as if they agree with him. It is a pattern long familiar. The president says or does something utterly outrageous, in violation of basic precepts of decency - and his minions of sycophantic supporters remain silent, as if they are either utterly unconcerned, or in agreement with Trump's deeds and actions. Trump called Covid 19 a hoax, told us that we need to do less testing for the virus, discouraged citizens from wearing masks in public all with the tacit, silent acquiescence of his supporters.  Almost daily he holds rallies in which thousands of his seemingly oblivious supporters sit side by side without masks, while the president makes fun of Joe Biden for wearing a mask in public. The list of egregeious words and deeds by Trump which have gone unpunished by his supporters is almost endless, and goes back four years, and longer. At this point we must assume that nothing that he does will arous the disapproval of his apparently amoral followers,