The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a "national emergency" over America's elections.

The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a “national emergency” over America’s elections and pave the way for a power grab.

“Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting,” reported the Post‘s Isaac Arnsdorf. “President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in November’s midterm elections, and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trump’s promised executive order on the issue.”

Peter Ticktin, a MAGA activist in favor of the executive order, told the Post that “we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes,” and that “the president has to be able to deal with it,” including by banning mail-in ballots and certain voting machines.

  • UsernameHere@lemmy.world
    13·
    1 day ago

    Then why has every Democratic president that has won for the last 40 years run on progressive policy and any time they don’t they lose to a Republican?

    If the Democratic Party is running on a particular policy then by definition that policy is democratic not progressive.

    Also, those same democrats will incorporate centrist policies to give the voters what they want.

    A big reason leftists lose elections is because they convince themselves they don’t need to compromise to win over centrists which have many more voters than leftists.

    Literally Trump spouts leftist rhetoric in his recognition that the system is broken which appeals to his base. Just the people with money in the room whisper in his ear to not do anything cause its how they make their money.

    What leftist rhetoric has he spouted? I’ve only heard him spout right wing rhetoric.

    “Leftists” might not have won near as much but progressive policy sure has.

    Again, if democrats are running on this policy then it is the Democratic party’s policy. No party owns policy.

    • Krauerking@lemy.lol
      41·
      1 day ago

      Wants me to talk to them and answer questions.
      Wants to downvote me and talk down to me.

      You operate on bad logic just like saying that democratic party candidates running on progressive policy makes it DNC policy. Its still progressive policy. Just adopted ones.

      Republican and Democratic are not sides of the political spectrum there are 4 points and you can fall into any spectrum of policy in any party and a good country doesnt have 2 and think one side is good and the other evil.
      No party own policy and that means that they aren’t beholden to run that policy either as seen by the DNC not, frequently.

      And Trump loves single payer health care and has stated multiple times in his first term that the government should pay directly to the hospitals or people. And then started the whispers in his ear and suddenly “nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated”

      He is an idiot who jumps to the easiest conclusions in his head and sometimes simple is progressive. It is not owned by a party and the DNC does not only provide it.