Thread by @jbouie

i keep repeating myself on this but the fact that this was a live possibility means we’re already in the danger zone and that a repeat is more likely than not

https://twitter.com/UrbanAchievr/status/1440062663967461387

whatever you want to believe man

https://twitter.com/rossputin/status/1440129573480370177

the point isn’t that it was *likely*. the point is that a formerly ceremonial part of the process is now a site of political contestation. something that was not “possible” — in that it was understood as outside the rules of the game — is now possible.

if a sufficient number of people believe that you can overturn a presidential election by subverting the ceremonial processes to certify it — and if people with power have actively plotted to do it — then it’s a live possibility.

what trump and co. correctly understand is that the rules are just words on paper