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Are you 100% sure there are no obscure laws or something that can be used to postpone an election somehow? :( How about simply refusing to accept a loss, calli
by gizzlon 2y ago
Are you 100% sure there are no obscure laws or something that can be used to postpone an election somehow? :(
How about simply refusing to accept a loss, calling the election rigged and fake..
Or simply putting a puppet as the candidate. Believe Putin did this some years ago.
- vkou 2y agoHe wouldn't need a law. He'd just do what he wants, some judge will rule it illegal, and he'll ignore the ruling. That playbook has worked up until this point, why stop? Elections would be held, but there's no reason to assume their outcome will be respected.
- nullify88 2y agoStart a war perhaps? Taking an example from the Netanyahu playbook.
- dragonwriter 2y ago> Start a war perhaps? Or just declare that one already exists because of a foreign invasion or attack. Which he has already done once in the past week (as a pretext for invoking the Alien Enemies Act), and has given pretty clear signals (via his "fentanyl is a WMD" order) that he intends to do again, more broadly.