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In reply to the discussion: If Republican trickery with their refusal to certify the election, so the republican house determines the election, [View all]Fiendish Thingy
(18,611 posts)But he will fail miserably.
Any attempt at another January 6 will be met with a hail of bullets and tear gas from the thousands of NG troops that will guard the Capitol.
Short of that, he will make a lot of threats, which some of his followers will attempt to carry out, and they will fail, as they have failed before.
The CREW report showed me clearly what tools are in place and have already been used successfully in every swing state except for GA.
The one wild card this year is the revised Electoral Count Act, which hasnt been tested, but is supposed to add an additional layer of protection on top of the state remedies described in the CREW report.
The biggest uncertainty in the ECA is the three judge panel that is supposed to determine the winner in a state where unresolved challenges by one or both candidates exist. Nobody- not the pundits, not the campaigns, not Marc Elias, is talking about this, but I am pretty sure it will get tested this year.
But regardless, I have no worries whatsoever that a contingent election will be forced by Trump and his MAGA minions.