- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a “national emergency” over America’s elections and pave the way for a power grab.
“Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting,” reported the Post‘s Isaac Arnsdorf. “President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in November’s midterm elections, and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trump’s promised executive order on the issue.”
Peter Ticktin, a MAGA activist in favor of the executive order, told the Post that “we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes,” and that “the president has to be able to deal with it,” including by banning mail-in ballots and certain voting machines.
It’s an emergency because if he leaves it alone Republicans are going to tank hard in the midterms which will mean he loses power and might even be held accountable for his crimes.
Yeah, I’m sure Democrats will get right on that and not just bleat out platitudes about healing and moving on.
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Ughh… I hate that the thought of aliens coming directly to my house, handing me a winning lotto ticket, while they simultaneously get struck by lightning twice in a row and get bitten by a shark seems 1000000x more likely to happen than for Trump to ever face consequences for his actions.
If anyone even started that process “judge” Aileen Cannon would jump from the top rope and bodyslam the case shut with a “Trump is immune because I say so” ruling like she’s been doing this entire time.
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So just as a bit of hopium. Bitch Cannon could be impeached by congress, if it’s a bad enough wipeout for the Republicans in the midterms I could see some of them turning on Trump and cutting his little network up to make themselves look better. Assuming they don’t decide to go scorched earth and impeach, convict, and execute Trump.
Though more likely they’ll lose the Senate and it gridlocks. Which would still fuck over Trump since then he would basically be locked from passing any laws.
Not that he’s passing many laws now. The 119th congress has been the least productive congress maybe ever. Most of the shit he’s doing is just illegally pretending he has the authority to do the shit, then waiting until someone proves he can’t.
Yep which Congress if flipped could respond to in any number of ways. Anything from refusing to fund fuck all to something as actively malicious as dissolving presidential security. Really my point was moreso that if Congress is retaken Cannon wouldn’t be able to do fuck all, hell if I’m not mistaken she could even be impeached by congress if they were able to scrounge up the required votes.