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.

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[–] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And congress just laughing all the way to the bank while it happens....

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Lmao. The lawyer leading this effort is trying to argue that the president has this authority under the IEEPA, which the Supreme Court just ruled he didn't have the authority to do. These people could not be more dumb.

    https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/read-the-laughable-legal-memo-behind-the-claim-that-trump-can-declare-a-national-voting-emergency/

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    I've read speculations about him wanting Americans to riot so he can declare an emergency, and that's why people should refrain from rioting.

    However, it's pretty clear that he's going to try to stage that emergency to grab power, whether or not the Americans riot.

    Maybe he should have a national emergency. A real one that prevents him from grabbing the power.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    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

    So the narrative they're going with is that China interfered with the election while trump in charge, and trump was powerless to detect or stop it, but that 4 years later President Biden was able to execute free, fair, and accurate elections?

    They're admitting he's a loser and couldn't do the job?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    They're admitting he's a loser and couldn't do the job?

    Nah that's Biden's fault too. But Trump is so much greater than Biden as well.

    It's a fucking Mobius strip to self-fellatio

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Nah that’s Biden’s fault too. But Trump is so much greater than Biden as well.

    How are they trying spin that to make it make sense? Biden was a regular private citizen when the 2020 election took place. He didn't even hold any political office at the time. One could even have called Biden and "unemployed old man" at the time the election had taken place.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    I can't wait to see the speed run of all of them being put in prison. They do that and they will for sure unleash the whole nation even more

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    The national emergency given by him as a reason: "otherwise, they might hold me responsible for my crimes."

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago
    185 comments in c/news@lemmy.world view that post