Dozens of interviews with people deeply familiar or involved with the election process point to a clear consensus: Not only could Trump make a second attempt at overturning an election he loses, he and his allies are already laying the groundwork.
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WE KNOOOOWWWW. It’s the worst-kept secret in politics. People in other countries are aware. The birds are aware. It’s part and parcel of the experience of fascism. Never underestimate what pure evil is capable of doing.
Realistically is there anything we can do?
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Be ready, especially if you’re on the east coast.
The rednecks are assuming they’re the only ones with balls and nobody else will stand up to them, like all bullies think.
Prove them wrong.
As a Redneck dont associate us with the white trash. Some of us still remember Blair Mountain and arent fond of the comparison.
at a personal level, contact the governor and ask them how you can be certain as a voter that trump won’t steal the election like he tried in 2020.
let them know you’re paying attention.
My fucking Governor is in on it
I bet a few of them are.
despite the fuckery, many policy decisions are changed by people calling in and emailing in and telling the elected officials that people are watching them and disagree with what they are doing.
public opinion does make a difference, so on a personal level that’s what we can do.
Save up so you can buy a bus/train/plane ticket to DC if they try shit. If they do what they’re signaling and the legislature fails us it’ll be down to mass civil disobedience to keep the country from fascism.
I wish I had a better answer, but they’ve eroded so many of our institutions.
Grassroots political activism and civic engagement. A sufficiently large victory would help discredit their methods going into the future. In the shorter term, our own legions of poll watchers will provide additional witnesses to offer witness testimony when things inevitably land in court.
Give em the D!
He doesn’t control the federal government this time, so his chances are worse this time.
His cronies are at all levels of government, including many red state election officials.
But he controls SCOTUS
Not exactly. Nobody controls them. They can do whatever they want, and they often do things that he likes.
So think about the situation. The Supreme Court can try to rule in Trump’s favor, and depending on the details, that would essentially be a coup d’etat. If they try that and fail, they will probably have permanently ended their careers, and I think they would be risking their freedom. And they know it.
It makes sense, right? You can’t easily run them through the court system because they outrank everyone, which makes extra judicial action more likely.
So they could rule in favor of Trump, again depending on whatever hypothetical we’re considering, but I think they would only risk doing that in very narrow circumstances. They didn’t get where they are by sticking their neck out for others. They got it by taking bribes and being opportunistic sleaze bags, by putting themselves first.
He will try to ensure Harris is denied 270 votes in the Electoral College, sending the election to the House, where Republicans are likely to have the numbers to choose Trump as the next president
This seems like the most likely outcome. System needs reform.
Reform is a compromise. The system needs to be abolished and rebuilt from the ground up.
The plan is pretty simple.
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Win PA, hold the red states. Trump Wins.
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If a red state falls, get it’s leadership to declare a Republican win anyway or refuse to send delegates to the Electoral College. This denies Harris EC votes.
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Number 2 may mean neither candidate gets 270 EC votes, in this case a joint session of Congress will decide the election. Unless a miracle happens this will be Trump because they vote by State delegation.
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If Harris wins PA and the Rust Belt, go to SCOTUS.
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If all else fails, go back to January 6th but with rhetoric meant to make the mob want to occupy the Capitol permanently.
They’re already trying to get county clerks and election officials to do the job from the inside. Trump even honors them in person at his rallies. So buckle up for a year where election fraud goes big.
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I’m sorry, dear US-American friends because you have a great democracy but also at the same time one of the most flawed electoral systems of any democratic state in the world…
I’m so demoralized. What parts stand out as a “great democracy” to you still?
Old solid institutions… most democracies are just a few decades old.
We were kinda early to this whole deal. Most of y’all learned from us. And at least we aren’t doing whatever the hell England is with their House of Lords bs
By great, I meant that it is indeed the second largest democracy in the world and that, imperfect as it may be, it is functional… But that last statement will soon be put to the test I’m afraid.
What are you even talking about? What great democracy? Of course there are various positive and negative things the country has done over the decades, but applauding the Electoral College system isn’t something most people would agree with.
This kind of article is kinda baitclick because it ignores the elephant in the room… If Trump is running a coup d’etat, what will people in power do? Will they sit there, like they did in 2000? If he’s audacious enough, they won’t. For example, if SCOTUS tries to decide the election (like they did in 2000), I think we would see complete collapse on many levels in many ways.
Don’t you guys have secret services who have decades of experiencre in overthrowing governments and absuing Institutions abroad? I would think that while the democrats are in charge they would be able to ask those guys what needs to be done to stop this power grab.
Those individuals want to stick it to the libs also because they took their fun away
They’re trying to stay out of this because they don’t want it to look like they did it or were involved.
It should go without saying that top military leaders and top spy agency leaders have considered what they might do under various circumstances.
Obviously it would depend on the details and we have no idea, but if Trump tries to brazenly push a coup, and it looks like it might be successful, you can imagine someone at the CIA considering whether they should fix the situation.
It’s a strange situation because we can only blindly speculate, but when people are trying to tell us that the sky is falling, it’s important to keep in mind that when you get to a coup d’etat, regular reasoning goes out the window. At some point, again depending on the details, it just doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court says.
In the event of a electoral system collapse, the BIOS of government is “who would the military support?”
Harris wins enough states to get to 270 and then (Some electoral votes get sent wrong/don’t get sent and congress/SCOTUS rules Trump the winner), Harris asked the military “who do you support?” and it might be Trump is put in jail by the military before he can be sworn in. Sets a bad “president”, but if you throw out the rules to win, expect the other side to do the same.
Very real? So americans don’t fight for anything and they will fight to put this grandpa in the whitehouse? Nah
Lol politico what a crock of shit they are
This is FUD. It will not happen.
Mark my words.
Only because the threat is being taken seriously and measures are being put in place to prevent him from doing it.
If that’s what helps you sleep at night, great!
He will not win the election. He will not do ANYTHING afterward. There will be no protests.
This will be one of the biggest landslides in history.
And then six supermodels will blow me, fuck me, and suck my toes.
Awesome man. I hope you have a good time and don’t get any STDs!
I hope you’re right but don’t think you are
People said that last time
