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The strategies currently being used did prevent it in 2020. Trump announced that he was going to steal the election, spent 2 straight months focused exclusively
by SpicyLemonZest 1y ago
The strategies currently being used did prevent it in 2020. Trump announced that he was going to steal the election, spent 2 straight months focused exclusively on making it happen, sent a mob into Congress to try and force their hand, and none of it worked. The point of the protests and the tweets is to make sure that Republican decisionmakers understand in 2026 and 2028 what enough of them understood then: Trump is not actually very popular, he doesn't embody the will of the American people, and his power fundamentally depends on a critical mass of people who don't like or respect him but acknowledge his democratic legitimacy.