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Showing Original Post only (View all)I see one path out of this. ONE. Maybe I'm missing something. [View all]
And I am excluding "own the libs" horseshit like Trump declaring Martial Law and canceling the 2026 midterms and the 2028 election, Trump simply refusing to leave at the end of his term, Republicans "installing" President Don Jr or President Ivanka...
...I'm not saying that shit COULD NOT HAPPEN. I'm saying that for the purpose of this conversation, I'm not going there.
1). The 90,000,000 people who sat out last November cannot sit out November 2026. My prediction for 2024...and it came true, 100%...was that the MAGAts were STRAINING AT THE BIT to vote for Trump. They didn't need to be begged to vote, no bargaining or pleading. THEY WANTED IT.
2). I cannot explain the motivation of the 90,000,000. Part of me knows that we need to understand why they did that. A bigger part of me wants to slap them across the fucking chops in order to show my appreciation for their role in a second Trump term.
3). IF Democrats pick up enough of a majority in both chambers of Congress to actually craft meaningful legislation, Trump will get out the "veto pen" to squash ANYTHING originating with Democrats, simply out of spite. If it's not AUTHORED by REPUBLICANS, and / or does not have the support of a significant number of Republicans, he'll step on it and squash it like a bug. He WILL NOT ALLOW Democrats to "succeed" in any way that is within his power to STOP THEM.
4). IF voters give Democrats a SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SEATS in both chambers of Congress, they can IMPEACH, CONVICT, and REMOVE TRUMP.
5). The SCOTUS is another wild card in all of this. I don't know the full scope of what Trump can kick up to them, and where their authority ends and Congress' authority begins, but the answer to Trump's "WHERE IS MY ROY COHN" whine from his first term is "Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and the SCOTUS."
SO...if I'm missing something...assuming we DO have ELECTIONS and assuming enough of the 90,000,000 wake the fuck up and start GIVING a shit, what OTHER ways out of this HELL do you see?
