Are Americans Being Conditioned to Accept Delayed Elections?
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve gotten used to a sight that should never feel normal: armed National Guard soldiers standing watch (or gardening!) in Washington, DC. Camouflage uniforms at the steps of monuments to liberty. Soldiers patrolling the capital of a constitutional democracy. That image alone should set off alarms. Yet for many, the reaction has been a shrug—just another extraordinary measure in extraordinary times.