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on election of 2020 COVID-19 response of, 22–23, 24, 36
and candidates’ debate performances, 34 ill with COVID-19, 34–36, 35
exit, 42, 43 impeachments of
and popularity of Democratic candidates, 15 assault on Capitol and, 55–56
and winner of election, 6–7, 34, 36 Pelosi and, 52
on gun control, 21 pressure on Zelensky to investigate Hunter
on health care, 21 Biden and, 8–9, 32
on racial justice, 24–25 inauguration of Biden and, 55
Kellyanne Conway and, 18
QAnon shaman, 54 Paris Agreement and, 28
Quinnipiac University, 7 projected as loser in summer 2019 polls, 6–7
refusal of, to concede election, 48
racial justice Stop the Steal rally and, 51
Biden’s stand on, 39 transition to Biden presidency and, 48–49
busing schoolchildren and, 27 Ukrainian investigation into Hunter Biden and
campaigns for, 28 Burisma by, 7–8
Floyd’s death and, 24–26
Harris as vice presidential candidate and, 31 vote by mail by, 42
public opinion about, 24–25 votes for presidency received by, 43, 44, 47
White supremacists and, 33–34 White supremacists and, 33–34
Raffensperger, Brad, 47 Trump, Ivanka, 42
Republican Party
congressional acceptance of Electoral College Ukraine, 7, 32
and, 49–50 US Capitol
impeachments of Trump and, 56 assault on and ransacking of, 52, 52–54
opposition to Trump, 10–12 arrests made after, 54, 55
Ritchey, Dennis, 39 impeachment of Trump and, 55–56
Ritchey, Mary, 39 march on, after Stop the Steal rally, 51–52
Robinson, Mark, 39 US Congress
Romney, Mitt, 9, 56 certification of Electoral College vote by, 49–50,
Russia, 33 54
impeachment of Trump by, 8–9
Sanders, Bernie, 17 US Constitution, impeachment in, 8
background of, 12 US Postal Service (USPS), 41
as democratic socialist, 14
in Iowa caucuses, 15 Vanity Fair, 18
in South Carolina primary, 16 voter suppression, 37
standing of, in polls, 15
student debt and, 20 Wallace, Chris, 34
Sanford, Mark, 10–11 Warren, Elizabeth
Schmidt, Steve, 10 as candidate for presidential nomination, 13, 15
secretary of state, 48–49 on taxes, 20, 21
Sicknick, Brian, 53 Washington Post (newspaper), 15
Smith, Phil, 23 Wayne County, Michigan, 45–46
socialism, 14 Weld, William, 10–11
social media, foreign powers’ use of, 33 White supremacist groups, 33–34
South Carolina primary, 16–18 wildfires, 26, 27, 28
Steyer, Tom, 15, 16 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Trump rally, 32
Stop the Steal rally, 51 women
student debt, 20
in Democratic primaries, 13
Harris chosen by Biden as vice president
Tanios, George, 53
taxes, as campaign issue, 20, 21 candidate and, 30, 30–31
“Three Stooges,” 10–11 urged to run by Hillary Clinton, 12–13
Trump, Donald, 8 World Health Organization, 22
actions against US Postal Service and, 41
attacks made by Biden on, 23, 41 Yang, Andrew, 14
calls by, asking Georgia officials to change vote,
46–47 Zelensky, Volodymyr, 7–8, 8, 32

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