An Opportunity for Biden to Set the Terms Against Trump's Plan to Steal the Election

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"An Opportunity for Biden to Set the Terms Against Trump’s Plan to Steal the Election”

By Sidney Blumenthal

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An Opportunity for Biden to Set the Terms Against Trump’s Plan to Steal the Election
A statement of seven principles that presidential candidates should be able to easily endorse for free and fair elections.
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https://www.justsecurity.org/73179/an-opportunity-for-biden-to-set-the-terms-against-trumps-plan-to-steal-the-election/

Donald Trump’s strategy for holding onto power is hardly hidden. Nor is what he might do unknown. Vice President Joe Biden now has an opportunity to set the ground rules. He should take it.

In the middle of the night, in his sanctuary in the residence of the White House, at 2:40 a.m., Friday before the election, Trump began his latest rage tweeting. First, he retweeted from a hashtag #bidencrimefamily a cartoon depicting him catching Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, and Mitt Romney with their hands in a jar labeled “Ukraine Cookies.” Then, seconds later, he tweeted again. In the wake of Supreme Court decisions provisionally allowing the counting of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania after election day, he threatened the Court’s Justices. He warned them that by allowing vote counting the Court would be responsible for Biden’s winning the presidency and Biden in turn would “destroy” the court. “Don’t let this happen!” he instructed. He cautioned the conservative justices, three of whom he has appointed, that if they “helped make such a ridiculous win possible” they “would be relegated to sitting on not only a heavily PACKED COURT, but probably a REVOLVING COURT as well. At least the many new Justices will be Radical Left!”

Then, in another flurry, just after 9 a.m., he tweeted: “SUPREME COURT!” He followed a minute later with another tweet: “SECOND AMENDMENT!”

Trump has stated he would refuse to accept the results of the election if he lost (because he’s said it is impossible for him to lose with a free and fair election), and he would not agree to a peaceful transition of power. He has called mail-in voting fraudulent and a “scam.” He has said that the only way Biden could win is by rigging the election. He urged that the election day be postponed. He has hired teams of lawyers who have filed suits challenging the full counting of ballots past election day. He has called for 50,000 partisans to monitor polls while people vote (naming these recruits the “Army for Trump”). He has incited armed paramilitary white “militias” to intimidate elected officials.

Trump’s strategy is clear. He has ominously issued directions to the Supreme Court’s conservative Justices. He hopes to use his lawyers to thwart the full counting of votes. He intends to prevent certification of state results, forcing state after state into indecision in the courts. He hopes to bring cases before the Supreme Court, where he depends upon a conservative majority to rule in his favor. He wishes to frustrate not only a popular majority but also a resolution of the Electoral College. Instead, he wants to drive the election into the House of Representatives, where it would be decided by a one state/one vote rule, in which the Republicans currently control 26 out of 50.

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[Walleye]

1. It's the president who is revolting

[GeorgeGist]

2. Mrs. B is on board.