# Special Counsel?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-counsel/927687>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 9, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-counsel/927687 "2020-12-09T22:24:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chasole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aca169/32.png) [@chasole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chasole)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-counsel/927687/1 "2020-12-09T22:24:18Z")

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This just in, House Repubs are pushing for the establishment of a special counsel to investigate the 2020 election results. This after all States have certified their results.  
My question: Is the Republican Party becoming completely unmoored from reality because of Trump, or were they headed that way inevitably?

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-counsel/927687/2 "2020-12-09T22:32:59Z")

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Why not ask if the base is unmoored from reality? If the answer is yes, then everything else follows.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-counsel/927687/3 "2020-12-09T22:39:47Z")

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Why the separatist PQ won the Quebec election in 1976, one of the lead electoral cartoons the next day was of a stunned Levesque and Bourassa looking out at the reader, with the caption: “Everyone take a Valium.”

I’m starting to think many of our American neighbours could profit from that advice.

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**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-counsel/927687/4 "2020-12-10T08:04:06Z")

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Why? Just like the results of the Mueller investigation, they’ll ignore anything that doesn’t support their worldview.

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-counsel/927687/5 "2020-12-10T08:14:03Z")

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> [@chasole](#):
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> Is the Republican Party becoming completely unmoored from reality

There is a reason that they feel so _sure_ the Democrats cheated.  
Projection.