If you’re a journalist reading this, if you have access to members of the Trump Administration, if you’re at an event where Trump speaks, get them on the record that they’re dedicated to holding elections.
This is absolutely vital and has to start right this second.
This is absolutely vital and has to start right this second.
Obviously Trump lies, but we need to get out in front of any move to cancel the elections. The moment he feels like momentum is against him it will creep in. It’ll be instinctive for him. We have to work to keep this thing from spiraling because once it starts it’ll move fast.
Trump is already bragging about his emergency powers, talking about how people don’t understand how broad they are. He sees the situation slipping. He’ll scapegoat and then he’ll seize power. Trust me. This is how it always happens. We can’t wait to deal with it when we get there
There has to be a proactive strategy to make any anti-democratic action impossible. Because the pandemic prevents us from massing together that action would be largely unmet and hidden behind emergency protocol.
We have to start, right now, framing elections as nonnegotiable.
We have to start, right now, framing elections as nonnegotiable.
