Global Research’s Michael Welch reports from Columbus, Ohio

The pontificating about what happened on the evening of November 8, 2016 has begun, and will no doubt continue for years to come.

The mechanics of ‘stripping and flipping’ the vote is well understood. Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman have written extensively on this subject. The disenfranchisement of racially and economically marginalized voters who would likely have voted for Democratic candidates is a factor the pundits are not discussing.

Bob Fitrakis – lawyer, author, editor of Columbus Free press and political candidate, offers his comments on Trump’s victory in the context of a history of elites stealing elections, and a declining US Empire, with words of wisdom for American Progressives.