It is not just about the Polls [View all]

[Nancy Waterman]

This is a very astute tweet from Bill Kristol.

You look at the polls and think "he can't win." But Trump's path to victory doesn't depend on persuading Americans. It depends on voter suppression, mass disinformation, foreign interference, and unabashed use of executive branch power to shape events, and perceptions, this fall.


We make a mistake just looking at the polls. If everyone who wants to vote, votes and is counted, Trump loses in a landslide. But think of the Georgia primary multiplied into 20 minority districts in battleground states; think of the capacity of Republican legislatures, secretaries of state and governors to wipe people from the voting rolls; think of the salivating Russians looking for another four years of Trump weakening Western institutions and alliances; think of the right wing provocations of unrest that "necessitate" a military suppression or a national emergency. Trump and his minions have many tools to use to cheat and steal the election. We need to be hyper-vigilant and plan ahead meticulously.