In a democracy, winning candidates are those who get the most votes. But, for reasons known only to the GOP, Republicans have chosen the policy road less travelled. They find themselves in the minority camp on abortion, gun laws, climate change, equal rights for LGBTQ+ people, immigration, student loans and most other major issues of the day. So it is fair to ask “how does the GOP expect to win a democratic election with only a losing percentage of voters on their side?” We offer some perspectives. First, the GOP is trying to disenfranchise as many “fringe” voters (their words) as possible by re-districting; instituting voter suppression laws (that didn’t need to be changed) and miscellaneous shenanigans on a state-by-state basis–like trying to keep Biden off the ballot in Ohio. Secondly, they are positioning state-level election officials who can change, delay or void their state results under the misnomer of “cleaning up the state election process”. Third, they will plan on positioning signs of intimidation at polling places–outside the legal boundaries but plainly visible to voters. Fourth, they will look for ways to involve the corrupt judiciary in the election process–the (not so) Supreme Court of the US, the Supreme Court of each state, Federal judges like Aileen Cannon in Florida or local legal rulings that can affect an individual state’s election outcome if the GOP candidate fails to win legitimately. And the final path to victory is violence. Trump knows a loss in November means he goes to jail. So he will pull out all the dirty tricks to avoid that fate. We believe that white supremacist groups along with a portion of the military and even law enforcement (the Michigan police union has endorsed Trump) will be his last resort. Think about it…every successful coup REQUIRES MILITARY SUPPORT. If General Mark Milley had supported the Trump lie in 2020 this would be a military dictatorship today. We came that close to losing our beautiful democracy and becoming the Germany of the 1930’s. Will it happen in 2024? YOU, THE VOTER, WILL DECIDE. A RSOUNDING TRIUMPH OVER TRUMP MAY BE ADEQUATE TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOMS–DESPITE ALL THE GOP CHICANERY.
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