As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.
A panel of judges just blocked the GOP gerrymander in Texas, which had added five seats. In Indiana, Republicans currently lack the votes to redraw their congressional map.
Trump is angry about all this. He lashed out at Indiana Republicans, threatening primaries and calling one opponent “weak” and “pathetic.”
So is the scheme dead? No. Several aspects of it still remain unresolved. The Texas seats are in doubt, but that’s being appealed, and Republicans have added four other seats. Meanwhile, Democrats are adding five in California and one in Utah.
Keep getting mad about, piggy
He has backup plans. Don’t let your guard down.
The people working for him* have backup plans. Trump is too stupid to plan any of this shit.
Yeah, seriously… If he does not get his way in 2026 – martial law is still on the table
They can try, but martial law would never work. There’s not enough uniformed personnel and too much country.
I have to disagree entirely. There are around 2 million military personnel, if you include the national guard. A quarter of that is more than enough. Also, zero people will fight back. People love to talk tough, but at the end of the day we all know no one will do anything about it.
Once he gets backed into a corner, he will utilize martial law.
Any business as usual nonsense is just fed speak
It won’t work if the military isn’t actively visible on the street. You can take the entirety of those 2M troops and deploy them to New York City, and it will start feeling like they’re visible.
Combine that with a lot of troops who don’t want to be there and will sandbag their job.
Martial law doesn’t need to control the people, it needs to control the government. Martial law doesn’t need tanks on the street. I already said that people aren’t going to fight back. The military force would simply be to shut down government officials who think they are still in control. It will only take making an example of one or two people – probably Newsom – And everyone will fall in line.
Then Trump has full control over local governments. Over the next few years they will appoint people into local positions. After a few years it will essentially be a different country.
That’s not how martial law works what so ever.
lol, that video.
Trump would start by declaring a sweeping national emergency, framing it as a crisis that demands fast, centralized action. Then he’d invoke the Insurrection Act and send federal troops along with National Guard units into key areas around the country. (Half way there already!)
After that, he’d announce that the military is temporarily taking over certain functions, calling it a necessary form of “martial law.” The Court, already in his favor, would agree saying the executive has broad authority in emergencies, la la.
With that, federal agencies and military commanders would begin controlling local governments and police forces, asserting control over movement, infrastructure, public order, etc.
Congress might protest, but with the Court consistently siding with the president in this situation, the national and military administrators run things with very little pushback.
Wham, bam, thank you non-voter.
and boy is Trump mad about it
Seems to apply to just about any US political news these days. Here’s to hoping 🥂
threatening primaries and calling one opponent “weak” and “pathetic.”
Quiet, piggy.
Pog
Oh no how unfortunate.
