I know this is HN but this needs a lot more traction. This bad scenario could alter the foundation of much of what the people here depend upon for their livelihood, to just mention one aspect (and there are many others).
This is rather paranoid and rant-y. (It's the fault of "white voters" for choosing Republican state legislators? I suspect the author thinks the Republicans are the racist ones, too.)
But the scenario painted is frighteningly possible. It doesn't help that the chair of the Freedom Caucus came out and said that, because of hurricane damage making it hard to vote, the state legislature of North Carolina should just declare Trump the winner. (Um, hello? Because something outside our control accidently disenfranchised a small number of people, we should deliberately disenfranchise the entire state? In what world is that a sane response?)
But it's worse. He went on to say that the state legislatures should also do so in New Hampshire, Arizona, Wisconsin, Georgia, and a couple of others that I don't remember. Yeah, because hurricane damage is hindering the vote in Arizona?
He walked back his remarks, which I presume means that he got massive push-back. But the idea is definitely out there, and is being considered and suggested. I hope that it's just a fringe, but I'm a lot less certain that I'd like to be...
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[ 18.4 ms ] story [ 85.0 ms ] threadExcept it is just hysteria.
It is a very real risk with a dramatically riskier environment, ie, everyone involved knows what they signed up for this time
Could easily have played very differently. And now everyone involved has been groomed for it.
But the scenario painted is frighteningly possible. It doesn't help that the chair of the Freedom Caucus came out and said that, because of hurricane damage making it hard to vote, the state legislature of North Carolina should just declare Trump the winner. (Um, hello? Because something outside our control accidently disenfranchised a small number of people, we should deliberately disenfranchise the entire state? In what world is that a sane response?)
But it's worse. He went on to say that the state legislatures should also do so in New Hampshire, Arizona, Wisconsin, Georgia, and a couple of others that I don't remember. Yeah, because hurricane damage is hindering the vote in Arizona?
He walked back his remarks, which I presume means that he got massive push-back. But the idea is definitely out there, and is being considered and suggested. I hope that it's just a fringe, but I'm a lot less certain that I'd like to be...