The Trump campaign is reportedly planning a way to bypass the 2020 election results in key swing states
Sources told The Atlantic that the Trump campaign was planning to install loyal electors in swing states with Republican-led legislatures.
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well this is fucking terrifying.
The Trump campaign is weighing a postelection strategy that would bypass the results in key swing states by installing electors who would vote for the president in the Electoral College even if he loses, The Atlantic reported. Using a rationale of baseless claims about widespread voter fraud and other irregularities with mail ballots, President Donald Trump "would ask state legislators to set aside the popular vote and exercise their power to choose a slate of electors directly," The Atlantic's Barton Gellman wrote, adding that "the longer Trump succeeds in keeping the vote count in doubt, the more pressure legislators will feel to act before the safe-harbor deadline expires."
what the actual fuck? Can they actually do that? Is there any protection against this? If he manages to do this its over no matter how we vote. Godamnit