Ɖ Gardịn vy on Trump’s straṭji: oṿtrn rzult, ćīt dmocṛsi
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 3 January 2021)
Ɖ YS prezidnt z sīcñ t brñ dǎn a sistm ɖt dfitd him
3 Jańri 2021
Ɖs wīc, Doṇld Trump wl unḍmain dmocṛsi in ɖ YS bî s’portñ ɖ clem ɖt Deṃcrat Jo Bîdn dd nt ferli win last Nvmbr’z preẓdnśl ilex́n. A pīsfl handovr v pǎr in a dmocṛsi rqîrz luzñ canddets n ɖer folowrz t admit dfit. Bt Mr. Trump hz mańfacćrd a cntrovsi pyrli t mnten pǎr n t oṿtrn a l’jitiṃt ilex́n.
YS corts hv rpitidli ʈroun ǎt Mr. Trump’s evidns-fri cesz. Ɖs hz nt stopt ɖ prezidnt’s acumpḷsz in Congres. Ɖe, bact bî Mr. Trump’s vîs-prezidnt, on Wenzde plan t ćalinj Mr. Bîdn’z win t fors a dbet n vots in Congres. Sm scolrz pônt t a historicl presidnt az of̣rñ a slim, phps vaṇśñ, ćans ɖt ɖ nîtmer wl cntiny. Mr. Trump wl nt let an oṗtyṇti pas t rīliṭget an ilex́n h lost.
Fr ɖ gd v America, h mst fel. Ɖ oltrṇtiv z ultiṃtli ɖ c’laps v p’liticl normz n sivl strîf. A clasic deṃgog, Mr. Trump z sigṇlñ t hiz s’portrz ɖt ɖe, lîc him, śd rfyz t rspct ɖ ilex́n’z ǎtcm n rjct Mr. Bîdn’z prezidnsi. Ɖr z a wel-grǎndd fir ɖt protests cd irupt, sm v ɖm armd. Mr. Trump mt cōl ǎt ɖ naśnl gard or snd fedṛl ejnts t dīl wɖ demnstreśnz. Ɖs ceos, Mr. Trump no dǎt hops, wl pev ɖ we fr an ōṭcratic têcovr.
Mr. Trump z a sor luzr hu canot stand ɖt h wz bìtn in a fer ilex́n. H śd muv on bt siz no rīzn ẃ h śd yīld. Aftr ol, Mr. Trump hz nt bn puniśt fr hiz trnzgreśnz agnst tṛdiśn, dīsnsi n ɖ lw. Instd, h hz bn rwordd. H ʈncs h cn gt awe wɖ olmst enʈñ. Ɖ Rpublicn parti hz onli itslf t blem fr inkbetñ Trumpizm, a paṛsiticl îdioḷji ɖt ʈretnz t tec ovr ɖ host.
Mr. Trump hz ʈroun opn ɖ dor t ɖ arğmnt v pǎr rɖr ɖn ɖ pǎr v arğmnt in YS ilectṛl poḷtics. Wɖ ɖ hlp v sośl mīdia, ɖ prezidnt hz poḷrîzd ɖ ilectṛt, bildñ a “cǎntr Rpublic” onlîn, in ẃć angr n fir r motvetñ imośnz. In ɖs wrld, ɖ YS apaṛntli z biyñ ingulft bî soṣ́lizm n libṛl valyz. Mr. Trump selz hiz cîmiricl fît az a nesṣri wn, īvn f it ćīts dmocṛsi itslf. Ɖs hz alaud him t frem ɖ unduwñ v a preẓdnśl ilex́n az jst an xtnśn v uɖr antideṃcratic Rpublicn tactics – sć az jerimanḍrñ n votrs’preśn – t cnstren p’liticl oponnts.
Poḷtiśnz in ɖ YS nīd t gv p on ɖ fanṭsi v a Trump secnd trm. Qsć̣nñ ɖ integṛti v ɖ preẓdnśl ilex́n wɖt prūf v roñduwñ ʈretnz ɖ îdīa v libṛl dmocṛsi. It līvz ɖ YS dstractd bî canardz ẃn its riyl probḷmz r penf̣li obvịs. Nwn ǎtsd v Trump’s orbit ʈncs ɖt Wośñtn DC òt t ple host t rîvl inōğreśnz on 20 Jańri. Mr. Trump z nt imbresñ ceos t xpres dsnt. H z sīcñ t brñ dǎn ɖ sistm ɖt dfitd him.
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