In a jaw-dropping moment at the House Republican retreat, President Donald Trump floated a shocking idea experts have warned about for months: ditching the 2026 midterms altogether.Speaking before Republican lawmakers at the Kennedy Center on the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Ca...
The federal government is above the states, if it’s federally declared illegal federal police can arrest anyone participating and planning to hold the election anyway. Just like FBI could arrest people for Cannabis even when a state had legalized it.
So he’s going to arrest 60,000,000-170,000,000 Americans in one day?
Nah.
He can either arrest his opponent or the administration can just ignore the results of whatever fractured election takes place.
He can ignore the results or arrest anyone but that just makes him a guy occupying the white house who is no longer the president. They could try their hand at a civil war (if the guns stay in line) but there’s no mechanic available to modify the constitution and give them legitimacy. At best they could depose state governments and put in their own people. But anybody with an army can claim the USA by that method.
I didn’t know Congress needed the president’s permission to exist
He wouldn’t need to. The ensuing chaos would be enough to declare martial law