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Chris H, Reviewer
It was an election liķe no other.
The same, of course, has been said of most recent US elections ‐ the 2000 Bush/Gore disputed result, Obama's historic 2008 win, the 2016 Trump upset.
But as veteran British correspondent, Jon Sopel's diaries remind us, the 2020 campaign really was, again, an election like no other. This is partly because of the unprecedented circumstances: the combination of a global pandemic, the resulting economic crisis and the George Floyd riots made it seem like a replay of 1919, 1929 and 1968 all at once.
It was also because of the uniquely eccentric personality of President Donald Trump. With the ultimately victorious Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden maintaining a low profile, the transparent and belligerent Trump largely lost the election by himself, suggesting at one point that the public inject themselves with bleach, deliberately and dishonestly playing down the extent of the pandemic and shamelessly and recklessly spreading it amongst the populace during his campaign.
Sopel's compelling diaries now contain a new introduction on the violent aftermath of the election result and Trump's second impeachment.
The same, of course, has been said of most recent US elections ‐ the 2000 Bush/Gore disputed result, Obama's historic 2008 win, the 2016 Trump upset.
But as veteran British correspondent, Jon Sopel's diaries remind us, the 2020 campaign really was, again, an election like no other. This is partly because of the unprecedented circumstances: the combination of a global pandemic, the resulting economic crisis and the George Floyd riots made it seem like a replay of 1919, 1929 and 1968 all at once.
It was also because of the uniquely eccentric personality of President Donald Trump. With the ultimately victorious Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden maintaining a low profile, the transparent and belligerent Trump largely lost the election by himself, suggesting at one point that the public inject themselves with bleach, deliberately and dishonestly playing down the extent of the pandemic and shamelessly and recklessly spreading it amongst the populace during his campaign.
Sopel's compelling diaries now contain a new introduction on the violent aftermath of the election result and Trump's second impeachment.
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