"They started it"

“Both-sidesism” is a capital offence when talking politics on the internet, so let me preface this post by saying that, no, there is no moral equivalence between Democrats trying to make it easier to vote and Republicans trying to make it harder.

That said…wow, what a freaking disaster of a press conference this was:

Townhall.com @townhallcom

REPORTER: "Do you still believe the upcoming election will be fairly conducted and the results will be legitimate?" BIDEN: "It all depends depends on whether or not we're able to make the case to the American people that some of this is being set up to alter the outcome..."

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona

This second attempt from Biden on whether the election will be legit is even worse. "Oh, yeah, I think it could easily be illegitimate ... The increase in the prospect of being illegitimate is in proportion to not being able to get these reforms passed."

I don’t hear, “our elections should be fair and we want to make sure they’re fair, and in any event, everyone should get out and vote even if Republicans try to make it harder.” This is closer to, “whelp, might as well not bother voting this fall, Dems, since it’s all rigged anyway.”