Thread by @jedshug

One of the most incisive paragraphs written in the Trump era. By @Dahlialithwick.
Where are we going to be next Thanksgiving as a country?
Where are we going to be, literally? Marching on DC for peaceful transition?
What are you going to do in 2020?
Start planning now.
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@Dahlialithwick 2/ @Dahlialithwick's piece is here.
Trump's propaganda: the Deep State is rigging both the 2016 and 2020 elections against Trump.
Explains his focus on 2016 & "DNC server" in the Ukraine call.
And setting stage to say a 2020 loss would be illegtimate.
slate.com/news-and-polit…

@Dahlialithwick 3/ Lawyers & lay citizens need to plan for this legal scenario next Nov, which will make Florida 2000 look like a beach vacation:
Imagine a reverse 2016 map. Dem wins popular vote, wins 270+ electors, but by 1% or less in the decisive states.
GOP lawyers challenge and delay...

@Dahlialithwick 4/ Just like in Florida in 2000, the recount and canvassing are slow. GOP lawyers challenge every ballot.
Key states (WI? MI? etc.) blocked from certifying their electors in time.
The Roberts Court claims to "learn the lesson" from Bush v. Gore... conveniently not intervening...

@Dahlialithwick 5/ When the electoral college meets Jan 2021, GOP lawyers & judges will have blocked blue states from being counted. The Dem and Trump would be short of 270.
The House then decides the presidency.
But it'll surely be a Dem house, right?
Wrong.
It's by state delegation.
12th A...

@Dahlialithwick 6:
12th Amendment:
"If no person have such majority... the House shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote."

There will be more GOP state delegations.