Trump Outrage Watch: Election Threats Edition
By Mort Kondracke
Donald Trump organized a multi-front attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election to keep himself in power, culminating in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 invasion of the US Capitol. All his efforts failed, but he’s at it again, trying to save the Republican Party’s majorities in Congress this year—and possibly ensure a GOP victory in the 2028 presidential election— by trying to put the federal government in control of US elections.
If that doesn’t work, he could sequel his Jan. 6 game plan, this time instead of sending a ragtag mob to riot, using his federal storm troopers—ICE and the Border Patrol—to surround the polls in Democratic cities, ostensibly to “ensure election security” but actually to scare voters away.
Both strategies are in play. Trump has said, “the Republicans should say, ‘we should take over. We should take over in at least 15 places.’ The Republicans should nationalize the voting.” He also has said the states are merely “an agent of the federal government in elections.” And he posted on Truth Social that “states must do what the President of the United States tells them for the good of the country.” All gross misrepresentations of the Constitution.
Trump ally Steve Bannon has prepared the way for a paramilitary attack on voting places. “You’re damn right we’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November. We’re not going to allow you to steal the country again… We will never again allow an election to be stolen,” he said on his War Room podcast. Trump’s press secretary said she “can’t guarantee” that ICE would not be stationed at polling places.
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