Nonilex

Unbowed by #Jan6 Charges, #Republicans Pursue Plans to [very very illegally] *Contest* a #Trump Defeat

Trump’s *allies* [#coconspirators] are preparing to try to short-circuit the #election system, if he does not win.

#TrumpCoup2 #law #democracy #BidenHarris2024 #SaveUS
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/politics/republican-election-campaign-2024.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Unbowed by Jan. 6 Charges, Republicans Pursue Plans to Contest a Trump Defeat

Mr. Trump’s allies are preparing to try to short-circuit the election system, if he does not win.

The New York Times
Jul 17, 2024 at 9:22pmWeb
Show threadNonilexJul 17, 2024

Overshadowed by … other … noise was this very important article by Jim Rutenberg & Nick Corasaniti

Voting against certification was practically unheard-of in presidential elections until late in 2020, when #Trump allies sought to block certification in Wayne County, #Michigan - & until #Jan6, 2021, when thousands of protesters sought to block Congress from certifying the #election results.

#ElectionLaw #law #Republicans #Trump #election #TrumpCoup2 #law #democracy #BidenHarris2024 #SaveUS

Show threadSylvie does booksJul 17, 2024
@Nonilex as if anyone is surprised by this.
Show threadGFIdkJul 17, 2024
@Nonilex Trump is America's wound that will never heal........
Show threadArena Cops 🇺🇦✌Jul 17, 2024

@Nonilex True Republican Abraham Lincoln was the winner of the election on November 6, 1860, after which he made clear:

"I will suffer death before I consent [to slaver- & abolition zones in the U.S.]... to any concession or compromise which looks like buying the privilege to take possession of this government to which we have a constitutional right."

Show threadDavid PeningtonJul 17, 2024
@Nonilex "there’s zero chance of a free and fair election,” Mike Howell, a project director at the Heritage Foundation" said.
That is baselessly trying to undermine the constitutional order of the United States.
Heritage Foundation isn't conservative any more - it is radical right wing.
Show threadPaul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Jul 17, 2024

@DavidPenington @Nonilex

But he's right - the radical right is already attacking the rights of people to vote, and putting up barriers to voting in communities they think will vote for Biden.

The Heritage Foundation and their ilk are doing their utmost to bias the results. They know what they're talking about.

Show thread✊🏾WiseGuyEddieJul 18, 2024
@Nonilex This should not suprise anyone. That weak-ass scared of his own shadow, Merrick Garland was not at all aggressive enough in prosecuting the insurrectionists. He should had labeled them as domestic terrorists (which they were) and that would have been a better detterant. What do you think republicans would have done to Democrats. Rhetorical question.
Show threadAndreas KJul 18, 2024

@Nonilex Well, trival way to save the US electoral system:

Vote Trump, then the GOP will allow the "GOP democracy" with the mechanics of "Russian democracy" (which is a crude version of GDR democracy, oh the irony) to stand.