MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Yeah, if the question is the actual mechanics of it, you have to look at what you mean specifically by "democracy" and what levers he has to pull.
If we're talking about voting and the peaceful transfer of power, well we've already seen the playbook, and in fairness to Trump a bunch of it predates him.
-Continue using a compliant supreme court to block rulings stopping republican gerrymandering on the state level.
abcnews.go.com
There's aleady a bag of proof (emails between the GOP participants in the plans, etc) showing that they draw these maps to ensure Republican control wherever possible.
- The ongoing attack against mail in voting
- Continued attempted usage of "alternate electors" (lol wtf) to invalidate state level results, etc.
If you look at most modern slides to authoritarianism the goal isn't to end elections, it's to warp them so that they can only provide the desired outcome without a fucking revolution.
If we're talking about voting and the peaceful transfer of power, well we've already seen the playbook, and in fairness to Trump a bunch of it predates him.
-Continue using a compliant supreme court to block rulings stopping republican gerrymandering on the state level.
US Supreme Court says South Carolina election map doesn't impermissibly exclude Black voters
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Republican-drawn South Carolina congressional district, saying it was not the result of racial gerrymandering.
abcnews.go.com
There's aleady a bag of proof (emails between the GOP participants in the plans, etc) showing that they draw these maps to ensure Republican control wherever possible.
- The ongoing attack against mail in voting
- Continued attempted usage of "alternate electors" (lol wtf) to invalidate state level results, etc.
If you look at most modern slides to authoritarianism the goal isn't to end elections, it's to warp them so that they can only provide the desired outcome without a fucking revolution.
