BOMBSHELL: Trump executes plan to SEIZE BALLOTS
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Takeaways
- ❖The Georgia search warrant for 2020 ballots is presented as a strategic 'learning experience' for future election subversion efforts.
- ❖Donald Trump has reportedly expressed wishes to have seized ballots in 2020 and questioned the necessity of future elections.
- ❖The alleged plan involves desensitizing the public to federal ballot seizures and building a prosecutorial infrastructure to obtain search warrants.
- ❖A US attorney from Missouri was reportedly given nationwide jurisdiction over election fraud claims, suggesting a strategy to bypass local resistance.
- ❖Three key 'stumbling blocks' against this perceived plan are active voters, resistant states, and courageous lawyers willing to litigate.
Insights
1Georgia Ballot Seizure as a 'Learning Experience' for Election Subversion
The hosts contend that the search warrant executed in Georgia to seize 2020 ballots is a deliberate 'test run' by Donald Trump to understand the legal and operational challenges of seizing ballots. This experience is intended to inform future efforts to subvert elections, particularly the 2026 midterms, by identifying legal loopholes, public objections, and ballot counting procedures.
Donald Trump trying to figure out how he can seize ballots... He can learn from this experience of seizing ballots from a past election... What did we learn about what people will do to object? What did we learn about what the courts may do?
2Strategic Use of Out-of-State Federal Authority
Mark Elias highlights that the search warrant in Georgia was executed by a US attorney from Missouri, who has reportedly been given nationwide jurisdiction over election fraud claims. This move is interpreted as a tactic to circumvent potential resistance from local Georgia-based US attorneys and establish a centralized, compliant legal team for future election-related actions.
This search warrant was executed by a US attorney in Missouri... he has figured out... that it's harder to get the US attorney's lawyers in Georgia to seize the Georgia ballots than to get the US attorney's office apparently in Missouri to seize the ballots... that US attorney in Missouri has been given nationwide jurisdiction over all claims of election fraud.
3Three Pillars of Resistance Against Election Subversion
Elias identifies three critical 'stumbling blocks' that could prevent perceived future attempts at election subversion: the people (voters), the states, and legal professionals. He stresses the importance of voters remaining undeterred, states asserting their constitutional rights over elections, and lawyers being willing to litigate aggressively against such efforts.
There's only three stumbling blocks in his way... The first is the people themselves... Number two are the states... Finally, we're going to need the lawyers.
Lessons
- Subscribe to 'Democracy Docket' and the Brian Tyler Cohen channel for ongoing information on election integrity issues.
- Educate yourself and others on the perceived threats to election processes and share accurate information widely.
- As a voter, register, know your rights, and remain undeterred by potential intimidation or inconvenience at polling places.
Countering Election Subversion
Voter Engagement: Ensure voter registration, understand voting rights, and commit to voting despite potential intimidation or inconvenience.
State Resistance: States must actively defend their constitutional authority to manage elections against federal overreach.
Legal Defense: Lawyers and law firms must be prepared to litigate aggressively in court to protect election integrity and challenge attempts at subversion.
Quotes
"What we are seeing in Fulton County is not just about Fulton County. It's not even just about the 2020 election. It is about Donald Trump trying to figure out how he can seize ballots."
"He is learning from this Georgia Fulton County situation how to more effectively and efficiently engage in election denialism, voter suppression and election subversion."
"He wants to make it normal that the federal government sees his ballots when in fact it is completely unprecedented for the federal government to seize ballots."
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