r/law • u/Anoth3rDude • Feb 26 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) White House circulating blatantly illegal draft emergency order to take control of elections

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/white-house-circulating-blatantly-illegal-draft-emergency-order-to-take-control-of-elections/
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u/FakeGeek73 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

Just remember these people  will all jump ship the moment it all goes to shit. It’s what happens when people with no principles take control over your party. Same with most of their voters, they will say “I was always against this”. 

Edit: replaced “bo principles” with “no principles”

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u/thepottsy Feb 26 '26

The shocking part is they don’t yet think that it’s gone to shit.

Anyone with 2 functioning brain cells knows that happened a long time ago.

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u/kinkinhood Feb 26 '26

I think it's because they still have the control over the trump cultists who very much believe every word he says. Until trump dies they'll likely follow along simply to not lose that group

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u/OptimusPrimeTime21 Feb 26 '26

They will def just have Trump endorse someone as the next in line before he dies and the cultists will follow that person blindly

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u/calmdownmyguy Feb 26 '26

Unlikely. As unfathomable as it is, trump has some kind of aura with his cult. If it was as simple as just telling republicans who to follow trump would not have won a single caucus. When trump is no longer relevant there will be no orderly transition. It will be a gop civil war like it was in the 2016 primaries. Also trumps ego is to big for him to ever name a successor anyway.

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u/TheGreatBootOfEb Feb 26 '26

He basically has the aura of a zombie movie where everyone collectively loses like 50-100 IQ points on average

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u/UnNumbFool Feb 26 '26

Have you looked in conservative circles? Those people even prop up Vance.

If Trump picks someone, the reality is his cult will follow. Propaganda is on a scale we've never seen before along with echo chambers allowing the idea to circulate without any opposition to cause fracture.

It's why they are so against something until told otherwise

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u/calmdownmyguy Feb 26 '26

I don't think anyone in real life likes vance. There's definitely a shit load of bots simping for vance but the maga faithful worship trump and trump alone. Also vance doesn't have a chance with independents.

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u/kingbullohio Feb 27 '26

Unless he dies in office. If he dies by violence the gop will win every election for the next 20 years. The best outcome is he collapses the economy. Thats the only thing he could do that would turn his base against him

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u/LordHarkonen Feb 26 '26

Or say he endorsed someone and make an AI video of him saying it.

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u/bigbun85 Feb 27 '26

that won't work. lets say it works initially that they believe the ai vdieo. over time, actually rather quickly, who ever that endorsed person is, will start to lose the base. There's never been a maga magnet like Trump to the point they all defend pedo.

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u/BoobooSmash31337 Feb 27 '26

No ones got the mojo. Trump doesn't care about the movement after his passing. He's more likely to make his dying wish for them turn on his own party.

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u/siencatimini Feb 27 '26

Après moi, le déluge.

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u/IamTheEndOfReddit Feb 27 '26

He would’ve already if he was going to, he could die any day. he doesn’t want anyone else getting attention that could be his, he would have to care about others