When President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held — but just barely.
If faced with the same tests today, those guardrails and the people who held the line would largely be missing, a ProPublica examination found.
At least 75 career officials who once held roles at federal agencies related to election integrity and safety are gone. Two dozen appointees — including many who either actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote or are associates of such people — have been hired to replace them. And once-fringe actors now have access to vast powers.
As the midterms approach, current and former government officials and election security experts expressed concerns that Trump appointees who’ve espoused debunked conspiracy theories about balloting are now in positions to control the narrative around the vote’s soundness.
It’s hard to debunk false claims “coming with the seal of the federal government,” said Derek Tisler, counsel and manager with the Brennan Center for Justice’s elections and government program. “I certainly worry what damage that could do to voters’ confidence.”
To all Americans: you need to protest this now. I know Iran and Palestine are important, but if you don’t pressure your government officials to put in election guardrails before midterms, this is it. They don’t care if Trump survives his term, he did his part, gutted the American democracy, supported Israels brutal expansion, made America into a surveillance state that would make the Nazis cum in their pants, and used that power to kidnap and imprison, torture and rape innocents even children. Deporting them to countries they dont come from, just to be placed in prison labour death camps.
They dont need Trump anymore. It doesnt matter who is the president, as all nominees will be pre selected for you.
But midterms do matter. It has been proven time and time again that it is actually possible to get good people elected as governors or senators.
Americans have genuinely been non-stop protesting for years
It hasn’t done much.
Then do it better. Look to the French for inspiration.
I think it’s so much easier said than done and America is developing that culture but it’s not gonna be overnight. It’s a very punch and punch back development. People are still in the MLK mindset of nonviolence and quiet disruption. When they do go nuts, it’s often portrayed very negatively and absorbed by the American culture negatively.
Personally. As an American. I don’t think we have it in us for this one. But who knows I’d really love to be wrong.