about #1: that was thanks to Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer. they used their campaigns to grease the palms of that bootlicking Jim Clyburn (yes, i said it). that shit was completely manufactured and it was absolutely wild to see it being done in real time during the fucking pandemic.
Bloomberg BTW got the GOP nomination for mayor of NYC during another catastrophe: THE PRIMARIES WHERE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
2020 was shock & awe primaries & elections