Right-Wing Election Subversion Scheme: National Emergency Plan Revealed

Election Subversion Schemes

• 🎯 The right-wing is preparing schemes to take direct control over upcoming midterms and assure they cannot lose.
• 💡 A report from The Atlantic details various maneuvers, including those previously unimaginable.

National Emergency Declaration Proposal

• 🚨 A Department of Homeland Security official, Heather Honey, proposed that Donald Trump declare a "national emergency" to justify dictating new state and local election rules.
• 🏛️ This proposal, made before her appointment, has been reiterated by right-wing figures and Trump allies who push false claims of election fraud.
• 🚫 The goal is to use "plenary authority" to declare an emergency and dictate election rules, potentially preventing early voting or mail-in ballots.

Historical Precedents and Future Concerns

• ⏳ Five years ago, few expected Trump's sustained effort to overturn the 2020 election or the mob trying to overrun the capital.
• ⚠️ The current situation involves multiple ways to mess with election rules ahead of time, suppress votes, or get votes thrown out.
• ⚖️ The Justice Department is demanding voter files and passing executive orders to control how states run elections.

Potential Consequences and Lack of Checks

• 🛑 In scenarios where Republicans are ahead on election day but many votes remain uncounted, a national emergency could be declared to cut off the counting of ballots.
• 🗳️ This could be used to hold onto control of the Senate and House in 2024 or 2026, even if Trump is not running in 2028.
• 🗣️ The erosion of civil liberties after 9/11, framed as national security, serves as a parallel for how such measures might be accepted.
• 🚫 It is suggested that no one, including the Supreme Court, would check these actions, leading to endless possibilities for manipulation.

Radicalizing Rhetoric

• 🤯 The open discussion of these schemes to upend democracy is seen as wildly radicalizing for many.