“Trump planning to”
“. . Trump says in latest bizarre . . “
“Will Trump do the thing he said”
“Trump believes that . . “
So exhausting. The man’s a demented sociopath. He doesn’t believe anything. He’s going to do exactly what you think he’s going to do. Journalism has failed so spectacularly they’re just spitting out the same nonsensical headlines over and over like a fried robot.
“The question is not just whether it will work, but whether Republicans—including the former president himself—will have the discipline to keep the racial subtext of their new strategy from becoming the text.”
Narrator: “They won’t.”
I don’t follow the right wing grifter blog sphere at all, but I’ve already seen at least a half dozen Ben Shapiro types already call her a DEI hire. They will not be able to help themselves, because racism is one of the core pillars of the modern Republican mindset.
There’s a certain sweet irony in the “token DEI hire” being the overwhelming and enthusiastic consensus pick to take over the campaign. Not that I expect Republican commentators to make the connection, but at least I can enjoy it.
And my word, they thought Let’s Go Brandon was soooo clever. Most people had no idea what the hell they were even talking about, and those that did know, and were normal Americans, just groaned and rolled their eyes. They aren’t triggered - they just feel sorry for such people…meanwhile, these people even bought merch with that dumb saying on it.
Oh shit. I just realized something that is 1000% percent coming if she wins the election. They’re going to sue to deligitimize the election when Kamala Harris as VP oversees the confirmation of the electors that she, Kamala Harris the President Elect, received becuase it “clearly biased/fraudulent/illegal” to perform her duties as VP to confirm her own election. I have zero doubt in my mind that this will happen.
They can try, but an update to the law has since been passed to make totally clear the vice presidential role is purely ceremonial and that they have no power to challenge or alter the proceedings in any way.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1139951463/electoral-count-act-reform-passes
I expect like you say they’ll still make a big public stink and file some frivolous suits about it though like it’s a real issue when it’s not to rile people up though. And totally ignoring the other times this has happened before, like Reagan to George HW Bush.
