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What should Democrats do to stop Trump from stealing the election?
Florida House seats are the key
Over a year ago, I wrote an article pointing out that Trump might not willingly leave office, and that these actions might lead to a constitutional crisis. At the time, I was roundly criticized by Trump supporters claiming that my article was a complete piece of fiction. Perhaps. Hopefully.
But my argument was based upon comments made by Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney, who said “I fear that if he (Trump) loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power.”
Subsequent to my article, Nancy Pelosi echoed the same concerns, as have Natasha Bertrand and Darren Samuelsohn in POLITICO, Daniel Block in the Washington Monthly, Barbara Mcquade in The Atlantic, to name just a few. Trump himself has even publicly toyed with staying for longer than the constitutionally-allowed two terms. Maybe my fears weren’t so overblown.
Indeed, former Democratic Senator from Colorado Tim Wirth and Newsweek Editor-at-large Tom Rogers recently penned an article detailing a strategy Trump could use to stay in office even if he loses the election. The strategy goes something like this: Biden wins enough states to attain an electoral college majority. Trump and Attorney General William Barr…
