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We’re Headed for Permanent One Party Rule [I Hate the Republican Party]

All Republicans have to do is win back the House next year, and they’ll be able to do that just by gerrymandering. Then in 2024 if they don’t win the presidential election fairly, which they probably won’t but might, then they’ll steal it. The Republican majority in the House will refuse to certify results in any states where it’s reasonably close due to “allegations of voter fraud”, so Biden or Harris or whoever else the Democrats might nominate would have to win [i]decisively[/i] in enough states to get to 270, highly unlikely to happen, and you can’t count on Arizona or Georgia this time because both those states passed laws that allow their Republican-led legislatures to overturn the will of the people. If no candidate reaches a majority of electoral votes (at least 270) then the House gets to elect the president, voting by state delegation, so Wyoming will get one vote same as California, and they’ll elect the Republican candidate no matter how badly he may have lost the popular vote. It will probably be Trump again, but if for some reason he decides not to run it will be someone in Trump’s mold with his blessing because elections since 2016 have overwhelmingly shown that Republicans who distance themselves from Trump lose and Republicans who embrace him win. From there they’ll just pass a bunch of voter suppression laws that make it ridiculously difficult to vote in urban areas, and soon the Democratic Party will have essentially no say in the government because Republicans will always have large enough majorities that they won’t need Democratic votes to pass anything.
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Human1000 · 51-55, M
This is the nightmare scenario, and it's a real possibility.
JP1119 · 36-40, M
@Human1000 I wish I saw it that way. Can you tell me a reason this might not happen? You know Trump is going to insist that a Democrat can’t possibly win the presidency fairly, and all Republicans have very good reason to be afraid to cross him, and they’ll be in positions to ensure that he gets his way. What could go wrong for Trump?
Human1000 · 51-55, M
@JP1119 Well, politics is tricky and unpredictable. Trump's numbers aren't good. He's old (but incredible genetics) so just don't know. Also, some of these laws could hurt Trumpians, too.
JP1119 · 36-40, M
@Human1000 I guess, but he still got over 74 million votes last year, and I don’t think Trumpians care if the laws hurt them as long as they’re also hurting liberals. Maybe it’s not a sure thing, but it still seems to me like the most likely scenario.
Human1000 · 51-55, M
@JP1119 Indeed, and that's why I think your nightmare scenario could occur.