It’s really easy to declare an emergency and claim that the Executive branch needs expanded Emergency powers when you stop all of the emergency prevention mechanisms.
Trump has a history of attacking mail-in and absentee ballots. Sure would be a shame if we HAD to vote in-person but a pandemic broke out. That at least makes it easy to suppress votes, but could even be used as a justification to “postpone” elections.
Same thing with going to war with Iran, or suffering any one of a number of disasters the Trump administration seems to be actively inviting.
It’s really easy to declare an emergency and claim that the Executive branch needs expanded Emergency powers when you stop all of the emergency prevention mechanisms.
Trump has a history of attacking mail-in and absentee ballots. Sure would be a shame if we HAD to vote in-person but a pandemic broke out. That at least makes it easy to suppress votes, but could even be used as a justification to “postpone” elections.
Same thing with going to war with Iran, or suffering any one of a number of disasters the Trump administration seems to be actively inviting.
Voter intimidation is a lot harder when the voter doesn’t have to physically be there in a narrow window of time.