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EdmondDantes_

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31. Again let's map out what happens

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #20)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:23 PM

Feb 28

All of the House seats are up, and 33 Senate (and 2 special elections) are up. So since elections are run by the states, no blue state is going to go along with your hypothetical. So if red states did, they would have very few House seats, and lose 19 Senators automatically. Which even without doing the math, puts us in control of both houses of Congress. So no, red states won't be going along with that.

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Krasnov Will Use The War To Cancel The Elections [View all] gab13by13 Feb 28 OP

Watch out for a false flag operation... MiHale Feb 28 #1

It's early on yet to give a good opinion, gab13by13 Feb 28 #2

Spot on Hey Joe Feb 28 #6

Shit fucking fire. I wish I could say you were wrong. GaYellowDawg Feb 28 #17

Exactly. A terrorist attack -.real or manufactured, can serve as his excuse. yellow dahlia Feb 28 #33

Ukraine attacks are on Ukraine to destroy it's sovereignty................... Lovie777 Feb 28 #3

elections are managed and run by the states samsingh Feb 28 #4

So Krasnov didn't issue tariffs because it was illegal? Got it. gab13by13 Feb 28 #9

The same SCOTUS Boo1 Feb 28 #32

Fortunately the states run elections so this isn't a concern EdmondDantes_ Feb 28 #5

And it won't work. We've had many elections during wartime before now ms liberty Feb 28 #7

Shhh, don't let reality ruin a perfectly good dystopian fantasy. Nt Fiendish Thingy Feb 28 #16

There is no precedent for such a thing. MineralMan Feb 28 #8

PRECEDENT badgolfer Feb 28 #10

He has also been blocked by the courts many times MineralMan Feb 28 #12

Elections are run by the states. bearsfootball516 Feb 28 #30

Bookmarking all of your posts gab13by13 Feb 28 #11

He can attempt to defy the law of the land Fiendish Thingy Feb 28 #19

I'm confused. BannonsLiver Feb 28 #13

The 2 are not mutually exclusive, gab13by13 Feb 28 #20

Delusional SCantiGOP Feb 28 #29

Again let's map out what happens EdmondDantes_ Feb 28 #31

So you think Magats will control congress until 2029 onenote Feb 28 #34

So, the war is going to perpetuate trump's control and at the same time its going to end his reign. onenote Feb 28 #14

Yup, just like Lincoln and FDR did Fiendish Thingy Feb 28 #15

One thing for sure here bluestarone Feb 28 #18

Stop putting words in my mouth that I didn't say, gab13by13 Feb 28 #21

You can't base being right on this with your incorrect claim that the election was stolen EdmondDantes_ Feb 28 #26

The elections Greg_In_SF Feb 28 #22

If he does GaYellowDawg Feb 28 #23

Nope. QueerDuck Feb 28 #24

The only time where we had a legitimate reason to cancel because of war was in 1864 Polybius Feb 28 #25

Stop fucking dooming. JFC. All of this has been said. Nothing that he might do has not already been said. themaguffin Feb 28 #27

We had elections during the Civil War and every war since then. Ocelot II Feb 28 #28

It is unanamous. Trump is using Iran attacks to have an emergency applegrove Mar 1 #35

Krasnov Will Use The War To "TRY" to Cancel The Elections Jack Valentino Mar 1 #36

Wish I had all that confidence exuding from those so sure that Trump and Co. won't be able to do squat. B.See Mar 1 #37