Rachel Maddow: What Worries Me Most About Election Night
Rachel Maddow: What Worries Me Most About Election Night
Georgia Republicans have empowered local election officials to delay certifying the vote.
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If the Republicans steal the election according to that nightmare house vote scenario, it will not end well for the country.
Democrats have taken the L on the presidency too many times despite having the popular vote. They will not take winning the popular vote AND winning the electoral college, but having it stolen by electors intentionally corrupting the process. There will be riots, in almost every city.
The lack of faith in the electoral system federally would collapse, and you'd see a lot more talk and probably even some action towards independence in certain states.
USSR 2.0
Why do you think they keep saying "the transfer of power will be bloodless if the left lets it be"?
They're not even hiding it.
I agree. And I guarantee that the Republicans will pull some false equivalency bullshit in response: “oh, so January 6 was sooo bad, but it’s fine when the Dems do it?”
Do you really think there will be an uprising? I feel like the age of revolution is over in the west. Protests yes, but those will ultimately be fruitless. I fear they will actually get away with it if it goes to House vote - the only way out is to win by enough of a margin that they can't bring Harris below 270.
I've thought for years now that the US will fracture during my lifetime. It's something that multiple state actors (like China, Russia, and Iran) are expending significant resources on achieving. Having the US break up would be massively beneficial for these countries.
Unfortunately it's working really well, the political divide in the US is absolutely massive right now. There really just needs to be a spark, and an election where the rest of the modern world actually considers it stolen would definitely fit into that category of possible ignition sources.
It probably won't matter though, having Georgia be the deciding factor has only a low chance of happening. So this may just be something that gets added to the pile of tinder, rather than being the spark.
I have an easier time believing the US fracturing and states declaring independence than I have the people revolting in an uprising should Trump steal the election through the House vote.
But I pray every day neither ends up happening. Despite not believing in God.
I think you may have an odd definition of what "revolt" means.
A state declaring independence after having a referendum is well within the normal concept of "revolt"
It doesn't necessarily require people stabbing each other with bayonets on a battlefield or storming the capitol building or anything.
Fair enough.
When peaceful change becomes impossible. Violent change becomes inevitable.
Damn the peacocks!