Trump’s Forces Plotting to “Win” the Election
It is apparent that the race is no longer Trump competing with Biden, but the Trump factions competing with each other for who can implement the most dastardly plot to deny votes to Democrats. If you don’t write about this every day, it is even hard to remember what new insults to our voting process occur multiple times each day.
Yesterday, it was leaked that 500 post office size automatic sorting machines were not just taken out of use for an unknown reason, but were immediately, totally and irreparably destroyed. They, or course, mainly served urban Democratic areas and areas with people of color. 500, unannounced, unjustified, that, of course, slowed down post office operations, which are crucial in many ways. It is still 75 days until the election, but early voting may start after ballots are mailed out in several locations.
The unknown and inexperienced postal expert running the show is a large contributor to Trump, Louis DeJoy, who runs competing private postal services, and who was on Trump’s RNC committee in 2016. He also invests in competing mail services. Too many conflicts of interest there.
Before that, there was the mysterious appearance of a little known politician called Kanye, who was suddenly being helped by Republican election experts to file in Wisconsin. This would draw off Black and youth voters in the very close swing state. I think the plan was to release him in several states.
Then, there was the op-ed in Newsweek, implying that Senator Harris was not an American citizen by birth. Trump passed this on by praising the conservative lawyer who wrote it. Trump knows more lawyers than anybody, and has 100,000 lawyers, special agents, and staff in the Justice Department to consult, at our expense. Did he think of asking any of these? Did he think maybe that it was his responsibility to do so before passing it on? Trump, of course, started his political career slandering Democratic Candidate Obama with the claim that he was born elsewhere, or Birtherism. Eventually, a half or so of Republicans believed Trump. , Newsweek apologized for publishing the op-ed. Finally, the Kush sort of implied that Senator Harris might be a citizen, and finally, it took the Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to declare that that was not an issue. The entire incident undermined Trump more than it did Harris, we hope.
With a decadal outlook, the 2020 census will determine the number of House seats that go to each region and party. Trump has cut the census registration period short by a month. This is crucial since they are not doing as much door to door polling. Trump has done nothing to get people to register over the internet, and poor people don’t have that option. Trump has done nothing to get Latinx to register, by promising no connection to immigration or family status. The census counts everybody, whether citizens or not.
While promising a plan for DACA, many years ago, and a few weeks ago, nothing has appeared.
This article is not about the policies of Republicans versus Democrats. This is about the abuse of power of the would-be King Trump in guaranteeing that he will win the election. The latest CNN poll show Trump and Biden being very close, including in 15 swing states. There are still 78 days of surprises left until the election, not to mention the surprises after the election in determining its result.
