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There's growing concern that Trump may deploy the National Guard ahead of elections (www.npr.org)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/commongood@lemmy.today
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[–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We have never cancelled an election in this country, not even during the Civil War, or WW2. So there is absolutely NO acceptable rationalization for him to stop elections.

Elections are managed by the states, so even if he demands they stop, they don't have to obey him. Blue states probably won't, and even Red states won't want to obey him. They have political ambitions, too, and they have a lot more races than just Congress. They have state legislators, mayors, county commissioners, sheriffs, etc. Stopping elections messes up the entire system , top to bottom. It's literally impossible to stop elections, the entire system will crash.

And then there's the reaction from the Citizens. Without elections, we no longer have a Democracy, and if we don't have a Democracy, then we are not obligated to follow any laws, nor respect law enforcement of any kind. Violence will follow.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    He wouldn't stop elections. Lemmy wishes he would so we could have a civil war, but it won't happen. He's an idiot, but not that much of an idiot.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    They have multiple strategies for Before, During, and After, and some will work, and some won't. We have to anticipate each one, and develop counter strategies. We also have to react instantly to whatever nonsense they pull.

    Obviously, we are in the Before Stage, and fighting things like the SAVE Act, which is central to his entire strategy, but not nearly the only one. He is hit and miss on gerrymandering, and his mail-in vote suppression.

    And now we are hearing rumors of what they intend to do in the During Stage, which is Election Day, and the vote counting phase afterwards, where they will be loudly screaming "FRAUD!" about EVERYTHING, even stuff that doesn't exist.

    I really doubt they'll try to occupy the polls, but I wouldn't be surprised if they cause incidents at 2 or 3 polls around the country, early in the morning, so footage of the incidents will circulate on all the news channels all day, and convince a lot of people that ALL the polls are violent, and they'll stay away. I think that would hurt the MAGA vote worse, though, they are far bigger cowards than Lefties.

    But the real problems are going to happen in the AFTER Stage, because that's their last chance. Expect Trump to declare the results of SOME elections invalid, and Mike Johnson will agree, and refuse to seat many seats. It will be a debacle, and a true Constitutional Crisis. That's a phrase that gets batted around a lot, but this will be the real thing.

    The outcome could be anything, but looking beyond that, the next 2 years are going to be crazy, and violent. If they don't take 1000% control of this nation by 2028, and literally end elections altogether, they will all be going to prison, and possibly worse. They KNOW this, and FEAR it. They will cause a Civil War before giving up power.

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