I read a headline on the CNN website that said, “Trump again stirs fears of stolen election claims with attacks on Harris.” And a subtext under that was, “Some critics warn it may be a pretext to question the outcome if he loses.” My only response is ‘No Shit! Anyone who believes for one second that Trump will ride peacefully off into the sunset if he loses has clearly been living in a cave for the last 4 years. Everyone should understand that he WILL question the outcome, and his toadies WILL do everything in their power to ‘flood the zone with shit’ to use a phrase from Steve Bannon in order to gum up the election machine sufficiently to throw the election to the Supreme Court and/or the U.S. House of Representatives. It’s not a ‘maybe.’ I guarantee it will happen.
My belief is that the chaos in the weeks following the Biden victory leading up to the January 6th insurrection will look like child’s play compared to what the MAGA faithful have in store for the country if Harris wins. It is my fervent hope the Biden administration is already laying the groundwork for this battle because that’s exactly what it will be – in the courts and in some places in the streets. I will expect lawsuits to be filed in a majority of Republican controlled states if Harris wins. I would expect many Republican led states or counties will refuse to certify election results if they don’t like the outcome. We will hear loud cries of ‘voter fraud’ and ‘rigged election’ ring out across the country. (Which begs the question, “Why does voter fraud only occur when Democrats win? It never seems to happen if a Republican wins! Very odd!)
In a recent post I asked the question, “Will the United States be the next Venezuela?” In the recent election in Venezuela, the government under strongman Maduro, has refused to release the official vote tallies. In the last U.S. presidential election, there were a few instances of election officials refusing to certify results but for this next election, will the Republicans take a page out of Venezuelan President Maduro’s playbook and simply refuse to make the results public, let alone refuse to certify them.
The military is constantly engaged in war games which are exercises to try to think through various strategies our opponents might use to attack us and then prepare plans to defend against those attacks and launch counterattacks. The Biden administration and the Democratic National Committee need to be ‘war gaming’ in preparation for what is certain to be an attack upon the election results if Harris wins. I certainly hope they are because I believe it is a certainty that the Republicans are trying to think through every possible way they can circumvent the legitimate election process and install Trump in the White House regardless of the vote count.
If anyone thinks this is hyperbole, just remember something Trump recently said to a group of Christians at the The Believers Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida. He told them, if they vote for Trump and he wins, they “won’t have to vote again” in four years. Some may say this is just Trump being Trump, but I believe it is much more sinister than that. I am sure he knew exactly what he was saying and I’m sure a lot of MAGA Republicans are under the belief that ‘if we can just win this election by any means possible and install Trump back in the White House, they will be able to rig the system for the foreseeable future.’ It has been said many times, “democracies generally die at the ballot box,” and that is exactly what we are facing in this election.
So, for those who think there ‘may’ be some chance the election results will be contested if Harris wins, I will simply say, get prepared because the storm is coming. The only question is, “how bad will it be.” We need to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Let’s hope the current administration is doing exactly that.
