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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/is-trump-setting-the-stage-to-dismiss-the-2020-election-resultsVoting Rights
Is Trump Setting the Stage to Dismiss the 2020 Election Results?
The presidentwho has repeatedly lied about widespread voter fraud since winning the 2016 electionthreatened to cut federal funding to Michigan and Nevada as he escalates crusade against mail-in voting in 2020.
By Eric Lutz
May 20, 2020
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Indeed, Trump and his allies have expressed fears that increased voter turnout would spell their doom at the ballot boxeven though measures like vote-by-mail have not been shown to favor one party over another, and are not, as the president claims, inherently prone to fraud. Trump himself cast a mail-in ballot in Floridas election in March. I can vote by mail, Trump said in April, when pressed by a reporter to reconcile why its alright for him to cast a mail-in ballot but horrible when others do. Because Im allowed to.
Contrary to Trumps claim Wednesday, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson did not send registered voters absentee ballots; Benson, whom Trump described in his tweet as rogue, actually sent absentee ballot applications to Michigan voterssomething other states, including Republican-led Georgia, have also done. That the president didnt call out Georgia, led by ally Brian Kemp, but threatened Michigan, home of Trump foe Gretchen Whitmer, tells you everything you need to know: This is not about protecting the election, but about suppressing turnout and sowing confusion about the process.
The 2020 election is already poised to be rife with challenges and the potential for funny business, thanks to the COVID pandemic that has already made a mess of state elections this spring. But things are likely to be made worse as the Trump campaign takes advantage of the crisis, falsely accusing Democrats of illegal voting practices. Muddying the waters this way, along with Republicans brazen disenfranchisement efforts, could prove disastrous in November. At the very least, Trumps voter fraud lies could lay the foundation for him to challenge or throw out the results of the election should it not go his waya potential threat to democracy in America that would have seemed unthinkable just a few years ago but that can no longer be easily brushed aside.
The Wielding Truth
(11,411 posts)Salviati
(6,002 posts)... If they fuck with the November elections, I'm going to be rioting in the the streets.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)If it comes to that point, I have no doubts about where another Trump Regime term would do to us all and the horrible impact it would have for this country. He would, you could say, finish us off. It wouldn't be our country anymore, in that sense.
That may be a critical point for many people and what else can we do? Peaceful protests by large masses of us could be something proactive, at least and the impetus will be there. Unlike the AstroTurf protests and promiscuous gun toters with their own paranoid agenda, we have a much bigger and comprehensive concern that they seem obvious to, or they want a tyrannical regime in place.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)so now that he's looking at a loss he is absolutely setting the stage for a 'rigged election'.
Pretty much all he's got.
dlk
(11,438 posts)Democrats will need an action plan when this happens.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)kentuck
(110,950 posts)He is setting it up as a fraudulent election.
All he needs is for Mitch McConnell to agree with him and everything about the election will be locked up.
It would likely go to the Supreme Court... maybe?
jalan48
(13,798 posts)for the duration of his Presidency. These folks are thinking long-term, if they lose now what can they do to get an edge in 2024.
crickets
(25,896 posts)Do your job and call him a liar when he lies.