Trump aims to use this Russian tactic to be 'installed without winning' in 2024: Yale historian

[turbinetree]

By John Wright
published October 22, 2021

Former president Donald Trump and his GOP supporters are hoping to rely on a tactic that's common in Russia to return him to the White House in 2024, according to one prominent expert on authoritarianism.

"As someone who follows contemporary Russia, there is a Russian phrase that comes to mind, which is the 'administrative resource,'" author and Yale University history professor Timothy Snyder told MSNBC on Friday. "What the administrative resource means in Russian is that sure, you have an election, but the people who are running the election are going to determine how the election turns out. What the Republicans are going for is precisely that thing, the administrative resource."

Snyder then explained how this mechanism works and how Trump and Republicans might apply it during the next election.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2024-election/

[lastlib]

1. The GQP is studying the authoritarian models.....

They take to heart Stalin's aphorism that what matters is who counts the votes.

[Progressive Jones]

18. Everyone needs to know that the GOP are Stalinists. Spread the word. nt

[Celerity]

2. K & R

[Celerity]

3. every thinking American should see this, top 2 or 3 short interviews of the year

[TygrBright]

5. Unfortunately, that's not enough... n/t

[Silent3]

7. "Governor, you have the vote of every thinking person!"

...said a woman (purportedly) to Adlai Stevenson during one of his runs for President.

Stevenson replied, "That's not enough, madam; we need a majority!"

[Celerity]

9. lol, I am trying to remain optimistic about non MAGAts

[AJT]

10. It's not who votes

it's who counts the votes.

[Celerity]

11. or which votes get counted

[yaesu]

4. as long as sites like this keep the flushed turd in the news it will be a problem

I would like to se du ban any flushed turd related articles about what it thinks, is planning or how many floaters are left, ignore it, double flush and it will be irrelevant.

[Celerity]

6. sticking your head in the sand is not an option that will yield positive results

ignore it, double flush and it will be irrelevant

yes, because completely ignoring a massive threat always works like a charm

[pnwmom]

8. It would be idiotic for DUers to ignore him, while Fox news, OAN, Newsmax, Facebook, etc.

are full of him.

He's not influencing anyone on DU, but he is across the rest of social media.

[DENVERPOPS]

14. AND

of all the other media which is 80+% republican owned and operated.........

[Crunchy Frog]

12. You think if nobody posts about it on this site that it will magically go away?

Maybe if you use ignore to make all the bad posts go away, the magic will still work. Better try it. The future of the republic may depend on it.

[ShazzieB]

13. As I think you can see from the replies here so far, your wish is not likely to come true.

Celebrity and pnwmom have stated the reasons many of feel that trying to ignore him would be a mistake, and I absolutely agree. As long as he exists and continues to be a major influence on the GOP, it would be suicide to ignore him.

You beat an enemy by being aware of what he is up to so you are prepared to respond, counter, fight back. Ignoring him will make him more dangerous and increase his power. The last thing it will do is make him irrelevant.

Of course, anyone who really wants to ignore him is more than welcome to do so. No one is required to read about him or follow his shenanigans if they don't want to.

[orleans]

16. oh, i think their wish *did* come true. (see post 15 below)

[ShazzieB]

19. Ha!

[orleans]

15. here ya go

[The Magistrate]

17. We Are Not The World, Sir

We aren't even the children....