He's never joking. He's getting his supporters used to the idea. Trump has no intention of leaving power. We know he's already cheating to do so--that's what his impeachment was all about. And with a 6-3 Republican court, anything Trump does is Constitutional.
At this point I'm just assuming Trump will win, or "win". Democrats are powerless to do anything about it. Republicans will further corrode voting rights, and withhold federal funds from Democratic states, and DHS will occupy Democratic cities.
Even if Biden wins and Trump leaves, he'll be able to accomplish nothing with a 6-3 Republican Court and obstructionist Senate. If we win the Senate, we'll be so worried about what Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema and some racist in a diner think to counter built-in GOP advantages.
I'm pretty discouraged that most folks in *my* political circles fret that expanding the Court (*if* we win) is just too radical and norm-violating. My mind keeps going to secession. But that gets me laughed out of the room. 2016 was the critical election, and we fucked it up.
We should really do something about this, and recognize that democratic legitimacy and escaping increasing political domination by a shrinking minority--not to mention the attendant substantive injustices--are more important than a 250 year old document.
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