Alabama Sharpiegate! “If Trump went (this) far over a weather forecast, how far do you think he will go to remain President of the United States, and by extension, avoid the criminal prosecution that awaits him as soon as he is not?” thekingsnecktie.com/2019/09/19/kni…
1/“My fear is that while we sit here . . . treating this like a normal election. . . within the bounds of what we have always thought of as an orthodox American presidential contest-Trump and the GOP are . . .approaching it like a gang of armed robbers walking into a bank.”
2/The GOP will contest vote counts-sow chaos-rig the actual vote-falsify the numbers so it appears Trump won in places where he didn’t, and dispute the results in places where he lost. (For a sneak preview, see how Putin behaved in the Russian elections earlier this month.)
3/If he loses,Trump will refuse to concede. He will call on his supporters to rise up and reject the legitimacy of his opponent. He will say the fix was in and that he really won despite what the numbers show, possibly even to the point of precipitating violent insurrection.
4/Hell, if it looks like he’s going to lose he might even try to gin up a national emergency or foreign policy crisis (with a little help from his friends) to justify postponing or even suspending the election even before it takes place.
5/“Think that’s a line even he wouldn’t cross? You obviously haven’t been paying attention. . if and when he does any or all of these things, I do not for a second believe that McConnell or any of the other leaders of the GOP, or the 5-4 right wing SCOTUS, will try to stop him.”
6/“. . . he will concoct an excuse that allows him to mount a formidable crusade. . .one that feels more or less justifiable and all-American,if you kinda squint and make your eyes fuzzy and don’t think about it too hard.(And are a fascist.)And I think the GOP will back him up.”
7/“Trump of course has an additional motivator to win a second term besides mere ego and lust for power. As Edward Luce of the Financial Times recently noted, “No other US president has faced the prospect of being re-elected or going to jail.. .
8/That exponentially raises the probability of him upending two and a half centuries of peaceful transitions of presidential power and simply refusing to leave office.”
9/“Georgetown law professor Josh Geltzer, formerly Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council, deputy legal adviser to the NSC, and counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security cited a July 24, 2018 tweet in which Trump claimed . . .
10/ To be very”concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election,” opining that the Kremlin “will be pushing very hard for the Democrats.”
11/Trump was auditioning a new lie to see how it would fly-
by sayig there might be election interference in favor of the Dems Trump has the ability to question the results. . . If Trump is humiliated by a big loss, he can say the Dems had help and he can contest the outcome.
by sayig there might be election interference in favor of the Dems Trump has the ability to question the results. . . If Trump is humiliated by a big loss, he can say the Dems had help and he can contest the outcome.
12/“some say that we have to beat Trump in a landslide to preclude him challenging the results. But does anyone really think that any margin of defeat will prevent him from doing that? He’s going to dig in his heels and cry “foul!” no matter what. Let’s . . .prepare for it now.”
13/“Trump is incentivized to the absolute max because he needs to stay in office in order to stay out of prison…..for a second term, and a third, and even beyond, until the Big Macs and diet cokes finally kill him, or he can pass the presidency off to Ivanka who will pardon him”
14/“The sooner we come to terms with this reality and begin making serious preparations for it, the better the odds that we an survive it and prevail.. . let’s take the initiative and make it clear right now that we can see what’s coming and we will not stand for it.”
15/“I am certainly not reassured by Geltzer’s suggestion that the best defense against a Trumpian coup is the integrity of GOP leaders. . . . Don’t hold your breathe”
Clearly GOP Fascists propping up Trump have everything to gain by following him into the abyss of one party rule
Clearly GOP Fascists propping up Trump have everything to gain by following him into the abyss of one party rule
16/As this article makes clear, there are 3 questions left -
We know the answer to the first two:
1/How far will Trump go to stay in office and avoid prison?
2/How far will the fascist GOP go to help him?
Which makes the third answer pivotal:
3/How can we stop them?
Any ideas?!
We know the answer to the first two:
1/How far will Trump go to stay in office and avoid prison?
2/How far will the fascist GOP go to help him?
Which makes the third answer pivotal:
3/How can we stop them?
Any ideas?!
