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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Sun Jun 6, 2021, 08:22 PM Jun 2021

If we lose control of Congress in these upcoming midterms, do not assume that there will [View all]

be a "next election" that means anything. I think it likely that a Trump Party Congress would impeach, convict and remove President Biden and possibly also Vice President Harris. The 2024 "election" would be decided by Congress as they simply would refuse to confirm ANY Democrat.

That the Trumpies are intent on stealing the midterms is no longer really a subject of debate. GOP state legislators are working tirelessly across the nation to make it as difficult as possible for people who might "vote wrong" to cast their ballots. Taking their cue from their Dear Leader, they no longer hesitate to "say the quiet part out loud" and have adopted shameless arrogance as "the Republican way". They are ready and willing to do ANYTHING---no exceptions or restrictions--- to win control of the Congress, the next and last election and the nation's future.

Those citizens who are able to stay registered or get re-registered and make their way to the long lines at the new distant polling places chosen by Trump loyalists may find themselves confronted by angry partisan Trumpist "poll watchers". And, you know what? They've got to do that and we've got to help them.

As long as we are healthy, we will be voting early in Illinois so we will be free to canvass again in Ohio or Wisconsin or WHEREVER we can help get our voters out on election day. We will be contributing financially to help fund a legal strike force capable of responding to the Trump cults theft attempts. If we lose the Congress in 2022, I don't want it to be because I was sitting on my ass whining about how "mean" those damn Trumpies are. Stuff needs doing.

Again---don't assume there'll be another election if we lose this one. All our chips are on the table.

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The 67 votes in the Senate hurdle won't let them remove Biden or Harris. Pobeka Jun 2021 #1
67 Senators (2/3) NT. andym Jun 2021 #2
Yep, corrected, thanks. n/t Pobeka Jun 2021 #3
You are correct. My bad as to conviction. I was thinking of the 60 vote threshold for Atticus Jun 2021 #16
They can't get to 60 either FBaggins Jun 2021 #22
Understood. I was incorrectly assuming that they could get rid of the "60 vote threshhold" Atticus Jun 2021 #25
" Intercranial flatulence." Thanks for making me laugh. Pobeka Jun 2021 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Jun 2021 #17
They can also refuse to confirm the 2024 election results Silent3 Jun 2021 #26
Exactly.. mountain grammy Jun 2021 #32
He prefers bipartisanship... Lancero Jun 2021 #38
K&R, there are still people who think you're being hyperbolic despite the evidence that is in front uponit7771 Jun 2021 #4
Does this assume Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #5
I think the courts are our best Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #6
6-3 Roberts SCROTUS? FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #10
They all came through against Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #11
That was such pure bullshit, there was no way to uphold any of it FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #13
I'm betting they also hate the idea Mr.Bill Jun 2021 #15
Well, I sure hope you're right FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #18
Yea i dont see the courts upholding that either onetexan Jun 2021 #33
The DOJ and the House may want to consider getting their acts together. Crunchy Frog Jun 2021 #7
I'm still waiting for the DOJ gab13by13 Jun 2021 #19
The Trump side only has to win one election to end the American experiment. SledDriver Jun 2021 #8
It does? Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #12
Biden wouldn't be convicted. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #9
Why do you think the GQP will follow the Constitution? gab13by13 Jun 2021 #20
If they tried to say Biden Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #35
While I know that we are treading into dangerous waters with Trumpism infecting the GOP writ large Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #14
Not according to the top lawyer gab13by13 Jun 2021 #21
As Max Boot just said on CNN as I type this at 9:09 p.m. in Illinois, it is "very possible" Atticus Jun 2021 #23
The Ballot or the Bullet, Dan Jun 2021 #24
The Hartford Convention of 1814. roamer65 Jun 2021 #27
And yet I keep seeing someone post with certainty the # of seats we will pick up in 2022. live love laugh Jun 2021 #28
Shit Atticus I didn't think of this which is entirely plausible. Rs will Pepsidog Jun 2021 #29
Will they put their pants on backwards? twodogsbarking Jun 2021 #30
"All our chips are on the table" Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #31
It is more likely that in the 2024 election republican legislatures override the voters. Voltaire2 Jun 2021 #36
I'm not as concerned about congressional Republicans as I am the states. RegularJam Jun 2021 #37
I think there's a problem with both the states and a Trumpy Congress. You are correct that the Atticus Jun 2021 #39
Here is where you really lose me. RegularJam Jun 2021 #40
Where you "really lose me" is your apparent belief that nothing different is happening; nothing Atticus Jun 2021 #41
Women didn't have the right to vote. RegularJam Jun 2021 #42
I'm sure you believe your comparisons apt. I don't. nt Atticus Jun 2021 #43
I believe my comparisons are worse than what we are currently facing. RegularJam Jun 2021 #44
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