Thread by @MattGertz

I think @HayesBrown gets at something very important in this piece: Things have escalated to a point where regardless of what GOP leaders think they are trying to do, the situation could quickly spiral out of their control.
msnbc.com/opinion/how-mu…

@HayesBrown Everyone is trying to figure out what Republicans are doing and when the stakes are this high and trust this low it is very easy for miscommunications to occur that result in extremely bad consequences.

@HayesBrown Every day this continues increases the probability of the tinder going up in flames.

@HayesBrown This is the key paragraph, which gets at something I've been worrying over -- what happens if Fox News primetime hosts spend two weeks urging random GOP state legislators to just submit the rival elector slates and be legends?

More on this from @ThePlumLineGS... I think he's right that this won't "work," Biden's going to become president, but a lot of damage can happen while that plays out.

https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1326562583126675456

I think my overarching concern right now is that the combination of a limited transition, delegitimized presidency, and out-of-control pandemic is extremely dangerous. And the longer this plays out, the worse each of those problems become.

This is short-term very comforting though in the longer term it is unnerving how much of it rests on Democrats currently holding statewide offices in swing states...

https://twitter.com/theplumlinegs/status/1326644759193133062