Is this the next move on the path to autocracy?

[berg80]

Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency​

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.

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. The White House declined to elaborate on Trump’s plans.

“Under the Constitution, it’s the legislatures and states that really control how a state conducts its elections, and the president doesn’t have any power to do that,” said Peter Ticktin, a Florida lawyer who is advocating for the draft executive order. Ticktin attended the New York Military Academy with Trump and was part of his legal team that filed an unsuccessful 2022 lawsuit accusing Democrats of conspiring to damage him with allegations that his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.

“But here we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes,” Ticktin went on. “That causes a national emergency where the president has to be able to deal with it.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-elections-executive-order-activists/

If going to war with Iran doesn't help the electoral prospects of R's this fall, the goal of the war, will Don resort to more drastic measures? He's already dismissed the overwhelming evidence revealed by Mueller's report that Russia interfered on Don's behalf. So now the focus shifts to China.

The idea is so crazy it smacks of desperation. But give trump's ministry of propaganda time to work on the minions. He'll have them believing all is lost if we don't do what he wants by summertime.

 

[Mashmont]

Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency​

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.

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. The White House declined to elaborate on Trump’s plans.

“Under the Constitution, it’s the legislatures and states that really control how a state conducts its elections, and the president doesn’t have any power to do that,” said Peter Ticktin, a Florida lawyer who is advocating for the draft executive order. Ticktin attended the New York Military Academy with Trump and was part of his legal team that filed an unsuccessful 2022 lawsuit accusing Democrats of conspiring to damage him with allegations that his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.

“But here we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes,” Ticktin went on. “That causes a national emergency where the president has to be able to deal with it.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-elections-executive-order-activists/

If going to war with Iran doesn't help the electoral prospects of R's this fall, the goal of the war, will Don resort to more drastic measures? He's already dismissed the overwhelming evidence revealed by Mueller's report that Russia interfered on Don's behalf. So now the focus shifts to China.

The idea is so crazy it smacks of desperation. But give trump's ministry of propaganda time to work on the minions. He'll have them believing all is lost if we don't do what he wants by summertime.

The left sees it's primary cheating mechanisms being dismantled by: 1) Save Act 2) Closed border and deportation of illegals.
Both are 80% issues. All they have is their media, Soros-paid activists, and some gullible folks who carry the water for free.

 

[Nostra]

You should skeedaddle to Iran.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The idea is so crazy it smacks of desperation.

Trump is both crazy and desperate – it’s a settled, accepted fact beyond dispute that Trump is an enemy of democracy and our democratic institutions.

Trump is desperate to not lose control of the House and perhaps the Senate – Trump attempted to interfere with a free and fair election in 2020, exhibiting his contempt for the will of the people; there’s every reason to believe he’ll do it again to avoid the humiliation of another election loss.

 

[berg80]

The left sees it's primary cheating mechanisms

No evidence of that. Got anything else?

 

[Mac1958]

The idea is so crazy it smacks of desperation.

That's exactly what it is. Trump is desperate to avoid accountability from Congress, and his inner circle is desperate to get the "Christian" (ha ha) nationalism they're after before it's too late.

If he can get his hands on the election, that may be it. November may be the rubicon.

 

[Nostra]

That's exactly what it is. Trump is desperate to avoid accountability from Congress, and his inner circle is desperate to get the "Christian" nationalism they're after before it's too late.

If he can get his hands on the election, that may be it. November may be the rubicon.

Link?

 

[Mashmont]

No evidence of that. Got anything else?

So then why would the left vigorously oppose the two things the voters overwhelmingly want?

 

[berg80]

A group of pro-Trump attorneys and supporters is circulating a draft of a presidential executive order that uses alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 election -- of which there is no evidence -- to justify a national emergency declaration that they claim would give President Donald Trump sweeping power over voting, multiple sources told ABC News.

The 17-page draft order, which sources say Trump has reviewed, would mandate the use of voter ID and hand-counted ballots, and ban mail-in ballots ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

The attorneys pushing the draft order said they anticipate it would be incorporated into a planned executive order, which they expect to be issued soon.

Pro-Trump attorneys push executive order that would give Trump sweeping power over elections: Sources

A group of pro-Trump lawyers is circulating a draft of an emergency executive order that would give President Trump sweeping power over voting, sources tell ABC News.

abcnews.com

A prez concerned about preserving our democracy would tell those attorneys to stop what they are doing. What's telling is the attorneys knew trump would entertain the idea of taking over elections. Because they know he tried to subvert the will of the voters once before.

 

[berg80]

So then why would the left vigorously oppose the two things the voters overwhelmingly want?

Voters want the federal government to take over running elections? Where is the evidence of that?

 

[berg80]

Ticktin, who also represents former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, who was imprisoned for breaking into voting equipment, said the emergency declaration would empower Trump to ban electronic voting machines and mail-in ballots because they could be tools used for foreign interference.

That's a lie.

 

[Mashmont]

Voters want the federal government to take over running elections? Where is the evidence of that?

Voters want mandatory photo voter ID. That's what the SAVE Act will do.
Grasping at straws now, aren't you?

 

[Mashmont]

Trump is both crazy and desperate – it’s a settled, accepted fact beyond dispute that Trump is an enemy of democracy and our democratic institutions.

Trump is desperate to not lose control of the House and perhaps the Senate – Trump attempted to interfere with a free and fair election in 2020, exhibiting his contempt for the will of the people; there’s every reason to believe he’ll do it again to avoid the humiliation of another election loss.

One of two things happened.
1) Either Democrats stole the 2020 election: Or:
2) Biden was by far the most popular presidential candidate in history.

One of these MUST be true. There are no other options.

 

[Independent thinker]

Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency​

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.

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. The White House declined to elaborate on Trump’s plans.

“Under the Constitution, it’s the legislatures and states that really control how a state conducts its elections, and the president doesn’t have any power to do that,” said Peter Ticktin, a Florida lawyer who is advocating for the draft executive order. Ticktin attended the New York Military Academy with Trump and was part of his legal team that filed an unsuccessful 2022 lawsuit accusing Democrats of conspiring to damage him with allegations that his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.

“But here we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes,” Ticktin went on. “That causes a national emergency where the president has to be able to deal with it.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-elections-executive-order-activists/

If going to war with Iran doesn't help the electoral prospects of R's this fall, the goal of the war, will Don resort to more drastic measures? He's already dismissed the overwhelming evidence revealed by Mueller's report that Russia interfered on Don's behalf. So now the focus shifts to China.

The idea is so crazy it smacks of desperation. But give trump's ministry of propaganda time to work on the minions. He'll have them believing all is lost if we don't do what he wants by summertime.

I don't see how others urging Trump to do something means Trump did something.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

One of two things happened.
1) Either Democrats stole the 2020 election: Or:
2) Biden was by far the most popular presidential candidate in history.

One of these MUST be true. There are no other options.

Trump supporters/defenders are also enemies democracy and our democratic institutions.

 

[Mashmont]

Trump supporters/defenders are also enemies democracy and our democratic institutions.

Very nice non sequitur. And false, as well.

 

[Clipper]

That's exactly what it is. Trump is desperate to avoid accountability from Congress, and his inner circle is desperate to get the "Christian" (ha ha) nationalism they're after before it's too late.

If he can get his hands on the election, that may be it. November may be the rubicon.

If these "Christian" nationalists would just off themselves they wouldn't have to stand around & wait for the Raaaaaapture that they've been crowing about for over 2000 years and leave the rest of us out of their bullshit.

Huckster Huckabee can lead the charge.

We can thank that bastard Reagan for those nutjobs getting a foothold in the Federal Govt.

 

[BluesLegend]

Is this the next move on the path to autocracy?​

Do you ever tire of starting retarded threads? Trump is serving his 2nd and final term as president after ***** slapping Democrats again. Just relax snowflake you traitorous loser Dems will get another chance in 2028.

 

[Mac1958]

If these "Christian" nationalists would just off themselves they wouldn't have to stand around & wait for the Raaaaaapture that they've been crowing about for over 2000 years and leave the rest of us out of their bullshit.

Huckster Huckabee can lead the charge.

We can thank that bastard Reagan for those nutjobs getting a foothold in the Federal Govt.

You'd think they'd learn a bit from world history, but no.

They're special.

 

[Clipper]

You'd think they'd learn a bit from world history, but no.

They're special.

How come no Raaaaaaapture? Cuz Jesus wants nothing to do with those Bozos. Would you want them around?