Is Trump *trying* to lose the midterms?

https://lemmy.world/post/45223516

Is Trump *trying* to lose the midterms? - Lemmy.World

Between rising prices and gilded ballrooms, Trump has practically giftwrapped oppo ads for Democrats.

No, Trump plans on attempting to cancel the midterm elections.

I’m real tired of hearing this line at this point. States run the elections, and even if he were able to get past that, republicans are on the same ballot and are also retiring in huge numbers. They need the elections to happen, they’re going to happen.

Now, you could argue that the elections won’t be free elections, and that would make more sense. Even shitholes like Russia have “"elections"”, but of course the result is predetermined. Nonetheless, Russia has “"elections"”. That’s not even getting into how the US has never cancelled an election, not even in the civil war.

Saying he’s trying to cancel the election just makes people who are considering to vote to change something for once less likely to do so, because why would they if they’re going to be cancelled anyway. You shouldn’t do the job of voter suppression for the GOP.

Regardless of all of that logic you just unleashed, he’s still going to try & red states like Florida are going to help him by passing their own version of the SAVE act.

It’s already happening.

I don’t deny that he’ll try, but them passing laws like the SAVE act show that they’re still planning on having elections. There would be no need to do voter suppression if you were just going to cancel the election. That’s the thing I’m really saying - the elections may not be free, they will cheat (or at least try to cheat), but there will be elections. I’d rather not make people feel like they shouldn’t bother voting because “the election is going to be cancelled anyway”. The more people that turn out, the harder it is to cheat.

States run the elections

According to the constitution. The same constitution that says that Trump was not elegible to run for President in 2024, because Trump had engaged in an insurrection. The same constitutions that says Trump can’t receive emoluments.

It has already been demonstrated that to the Republicans currently controlling the levers of power in the US, notable SCROTUS, the Constitution is just a meaningless piece of paper.

Did you miss the “and even if he were able to get past that” part? You know, the rest of my comment?

No, he won’t try to “cancel” the elections. First he’s trying to rig them through gerrymandering and voters suppression.
If that’s not enough, he’ll make crazy claims of frauds at different places, and will try to reverse some results.

But I can guarantee you that if none of that work, you’ll have a showdown. He knows well what awaits him would the GOP lose and he’s getting impeached. He won’t accept the results.

Just note that he’s currently using the war to kick out generals he deems not loyal enough.