What if trump wins?: First-term Trump was lazy, gullible, ignorant, vain and crooked. Second-term Trump would be worse

Barton Gellman reported in the Atlantic in September that the Trump team is working with officials in Republican-held states to set aside vote counts altogether—and instead authorize state legislatures to choose the state’s electors. [...]in a presidential election, the crucial votes are cast not by...

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Veröffentlicht in:Maclean's (Toronto) 2020-11
1. Verfasser: Frum, David
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Zusammenfassung:Barton Gellman reported in the Atlantic in September that the Trump team is working with officials in Republican-held states to set aside vote counts altogether—and instead authorize state legislatures to choose the state’s electors. [...]in a presidential election, the crucial votes are cast not by the people, but by the states, through the Electoral College. Will politics move into the streets? Since the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020, American cities have been wracked by protests and disturbances on a scale not seen since the 1960s. Evidence of tax fraud, of insurance fraud, of bank fraud, of charity fraud, of money-laundering, of business deals with foreign criminals has all come to light.
ISSN:0024-9262