Election 2020

[Bob Butler 54]

Tonight Rachel Maddow got into a specific plan that she believes Trump has to void the election.  The first step is creating doubt about mail in elections.  The next step depends on the state legislatures.  It is traditional that electoral college members are selected by the winners of elections held by the state, but the Constitution says the states determine the method.  The states deciding means the state legislators.  In any states where the Republicans hold the legislatures, they can technically throw out the votes and select electors by the vote of the legislatures only… after a supposedly rigged and fraudulent mail in process is already going on.

This method of legislators selecting electors has not been used in a century or so, but the Trump national campaign has reportedly already contacted the legislatures in preparation for doing this.

The third step is getting a majority of the Supreme Court to go along with it.  That is part of why he is trying to get someone seated there ASAP.

Rachel is not the only one to take Trump’s talk of getting rid of the ballots seriously.  Representative Schiff of California and the House Intelligence Committee is pushing it too.

Definitely worth watching.