"With provisional ballots still being counted, Donald Trump claims the GOP held the House and alleges Democratic fraud. While Republican lawyers sue to stop the count, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel use federal authority to threaten local officials and spread fraud rumors. Despite Democrats leading by slim margins, conservative media amplifies claims of treason.
The situation escalates when Trump claims a county recorder agreed to hand over voting machines to the Department of Homeland Security. Though a judge and Justice Elena Kagan attempt to block the move, Marines seize the machines and ballots. Patel declares the Republican candidates the winners, effectively breaking the chain of custody. Following local protests, Trump invokes the Insurrection Act to declare martial law. Ultimately, House Republicans reject Arizona’s official Democratic certification and seat the GOP candidates instead."
Would Trump throw the election into chaos in order to claim victory.
I think so.
I mean, he only needs to target a couple states. Isn’t this already happening in Georgia?
He needs more than a couple. The reasons he won so handedly last time was not about voter turnout as much as tuneout. The exit polling was incredibly informative and depressing, but we’re likely not going to be in the same situation now. Midterms are going to be a good indicator of what 2028 is going to be like, and it will likely lead to this outcome:
My prediction is that Republicans do try all manner of stupid bullshit to sabotage free and fair elections while claiming they’re doing it to protect free and fair elections, meanwhile they will be stretched too thin and have too small of a public mandate anymore to reach all the counties and districts they need.
A small shift in senate/house power is all that’s needed to start actually obstructing legislation, and ideally we will have enough new dem leadership that they will do their job.
There will be lots of drama and possibly new international conflicts to try to distract people, but they will have a lame-duck presidency until 2028 or unless Trump dies sooner, either way the admin is going to have its wings clipped.
Sadly, I also predict we’re going to get some neo-liberal, DNC and AIPAC approved president thrust onto the stage in 2028, who will be widely celebrated by middle-class, liberal America for 'restoring order" and that president will go on to repeal about 20% of Trump’s actions and call it restoration of America or some shit.