“Today, I make this sacred pledge to you. The defense, protection and preservation of American democracy will remain, as it has been, the central cause of my presidency.” So said President Joe Biden during a Jan. 5 speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
That “sacred pledge” lasted about 2-1/2 weeks. At an abortion rally in Manassas, Virginia, on Tuesday, Biden began, “Hello, Virginia! And the real governor, Terry McAuliffe.” Thus, the self-styled defender of democracy indulged in pointless election-denialism—over an election whose results were never significantly challenged.
According to the official results of Virginia’s 2021 gubernatorial election, Glenn Youngkin, the Republican, received 1,663,596 votes (50.57%), and McAuliffe, the Democrat, received 1,600,116 votes (48.64%). According to the final tally, 63,480 more Virginia voters chose Youngkin…
