The Washington Post got a recording of a phone call where President Trump pressures Georgia’s Secretary of State to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, two months after the fact and a few days before a historic special election where Georgians are electing both of their senators. Meanwhile, the pandemic continues to rage and there’s no national leadership or strategy for improving distribution of the vaccine.

There’s all the usual bluster and Trumpian bullshit on full display during the call, what strikes me as a little different is how truly desperate he sounds. He’s begging Brad Raffensperger to break the law — he sounds like a jilted boyfriend trying to get back in his ex’s good graces. It’s genuinely pathetic.