Plan to Prevent a 2024 Coup Quietly Advances

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Plan to Prevent a 2024 Coup Quietly Advances

February 3, 2022 at 2:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 54 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/03/plan-to-prevent-a-2024-coup-quietly-advances/

"SNIP......

Greg Sargent: “In a welcome turn of events, a new plan to ‘Trump proof’ the 2024 election is advancing in Congress. Surprisingly, it appears to have some Republican support.”

“And Donald Trump is in a fury over it.”

......SNIP"

[lagomorph777]

1. No content in OP or the cited link.

Just a vague headline.

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3. Here is the link to the article. Always go to the link in the body of the text.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/02/trump-coup-2024-electoral-count-act/

[lagomorph777]

4. I couldn't find a link to the actual article in the OP.

It was a link to some kind of auto-aggregator.

Thanks for the WP link.

The actual article at WP is behind a paywall.

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6. Sorry. Yes I often source from Political wire. They are the most salient aggregator out there.

I source them so much I feel the need to link to them to give them traffic. For Taegan Goddard at Political Wire the link to the OP is always in the body of the text out-take. I will try to give you a little more of the article.

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7. More from the OP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/02/trump-coup-2024-electoral-count-act/

"SNIP......

King’s proposal would clarify the vice president’s role as ceremonial, which is necessary. But that isn’t what would thwart a coup rerun, because on Jan. 6, 2025, Kamala Harris will presumably be vice president.

However, other things in the King proposal likely would thwart a future attempt.

One danger is that a single GOP governor and/or state legislature could send a fake slate of electors to Congress, defying a Democratic popular vote win, in a state set to decide the election.

A GOP-controlled House could count those sham electors. Under the current ECA, a single slate only gets tossed if both chambers vote to invalidate it. In that scenario, the Republican might win.

So the King bill would trigger a new process of judicial review if electors are appointed in defiance of a state’s previously existing procedures. When courts declare those electors invalid — and validate the winner’s electors — the King bill would require Congress to count the right ones.

......SNIP"

[peggysue2]

2. I guarantee the only reason some Republicans are agreeing to this?

Is because Ben Ginsberg, a well-respected Republican lawyer, warned that if the loophole in the Electoral College language wasn't closed, Kamala Harris could decide the next election.

That shot of reality brought a sudden nod of bipartisanship from McConnell's office.

LOL! Self-serving as always.

[Raven123]

5. McConnell thought Trump was a useful idiot. No longer useful

[kentuck]

8. There are a lot of things that need to be codified.

"Acting" secretaries should have a time limit before they must be confirmed and should not be confirmed at all during the last 90 days of a Presidency. They should not be confirmed at all if a Secretary is fired.

Also, the foreign entanglements should be forbidden. The emoluments clause should be clarified with new legislation.

Also, if requested by the Congress, all income tax returns should be turned over immediately by any sitting President.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. IMO, the best way to prevent a coup is to lock up the ones commiting seditious acts.

[Trueblue1968]

10. i want them to be strong and throw 1000% damage at trump and all his allies