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Fiendish Thingy

(23,263 posts)
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 02:37 PM Jan 16

Think it through to the end result

Cancelling midterms means 2027 starts with no House of Representatives, zero.

A third of the senate gone

Many states without governors or legislatures

No functioning Congress = no budget, no lifting the debt ceiling, total government shutdown, collapse of the economy.

And that is without answering the critical question: just how would Trump cancel 50 elections in 50 states?

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