The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a “national emergency” over America’s elections and pave the way for a power grab.

“Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting,” reported the Post‘s Isaac Arnsdorf. “President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in November’s midterm elections, and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trump’s promised executive order on the issue.”

Peter Ticktin, a MAGA activist in favor of the executive order, told the Post that “we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes,” and that “the president has to be able to deal with it,” including by banning mail-in ballots and certain voting machines.

    • duncan_bayne@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      Pretending that Trump didn’t win the election is how you fail to ensure you win the next one, and doom the rest of the world to another MAGA administration.

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        The fact that Americans are STILL talking like there will be a real election to win is partly why we’re in this situation.

        I swear y’all could be sent in chains to the remotest corner of Alaska in a prison camp and you’ll still be saying ‘man people are mad, he’s gonna lose the next election for sure!’

        This wont be voted away. It wont be protested away. Its going to have to be fought and it will be unpleasant.