To suggest that this may be our last democratic election is to suggest that both branches (and the population at large) would stand idly by as a president assumed tyrannical powers. That did not occur, even when this country was united by wars and national emergencies. With the nation now divided right down the middle, it is even less likely.

That is why the “democracy is on the ballot” claims border on defamation against our Constitution. We have the most successful and stable democratic system in history. The success of that system is not measured by those who would riot or challenge our values. It is measured by how the system responds. Our system works because it was not only written for times of relative unity and calm, it also was written for times like these.

[I find it bitterly amusing that this claim comes from the same people who (a) want to prevent Republican voters from nominating the candidate of their choice, (b) want social-media platforms to silence critics of the current administration on the basis of “misinformation,” and (c) insist on attempting to remove public-policy questions like abortion and affirmative action from elected legislatures and put those into control of unelected judges. – Ed]