The actual story is the election of a monstrous moron to a post where his actions can materially negatively effect the future survival of civilization as we kno

The actual story is the election of a monstrous moron to a post where his actions can materially negatively effect the future survival of civilization as we know it. His reelection would be likely to be the end of democracy as we know it as he corrupts the entire apparatus of government on which undoing the damage he has done depends. Unable to win fairly we have seen unprecedented voter suppression and an entirely expected smear campaign. Faced with a situation where this smear campaign endangers our nation and its people fighting it isn't scandalous it is noble.