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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsColumn: Trump couldn't steal the election in 2020. His allies are laying the groundwork to try again
Donald Trumps campaign to steal the 2020 election after clearly losing at the ballot box failed for a couple of reasons.
His baseless claims of fraud were thrown out by virtually every court that heard them. Perhaps most important, many GOP officials refused to play along including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who declined to find the 11,780 more votes Trump needed, and then-Vice President Mike Pence, who turned down a demand from the president that he block Joe Bidens victory from being certified by Congress.
But the former president and his allies arent done.
Pro-Trump forces in dozens of states are now working to change election laws to make it harder for Democrats to win and easier for Republicans to challenge the results if their candidate loses. If theyre successful, the chaotic aftermath of the 2020 election may only have been a rehearsal for a second round in 2024.
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https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-19/trump-tried-to-steal-the-presidential-election-of-2020-his-allies-are-laying-the-groundwork-to-try-again
Blue Owl
(50,291 posts)Take him out of the equation for the love of all that is holy
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,846 posts)PortTack
(32,715 posts)They are unconstitutional and illegal according to Marc Elias. They will not stand in the courts, at least the most egregious parts
FoxNewsSucks
(10,427 posts)Moscow Mitch has been packing them for years. They may not go along with something as ridiculous as MF45's "big lie", but that could just be because it was tRump.
The republiqon courts will have no such problem doing corporate bidding, billionaire bidding or installing "reasonable" republiqons.