That “Little Secret” Between Trump and Johnson? Here’s What It Could Mean.
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The “secret” almost certainly involves a plan to install Trump in the White House if he loses the election—but this plan could be even worse than you think.

A potential plan by Republican leaders to steal the 2024 presidential election. The plan involves delaying the certification of election results in key battleground states, potentially decreasing the overall number of electors appointed and allowing Donald Trump to win the presidency through a contingent election, whereby the House of Representatives, not the Electoral College, determines the president.

  • thesporkeffect@lemmy.world
    341·
    5 days ago

    And this is where Speaker Johnson becomes critical to the whole “secret” plan. In 2020, Nancy Pelosi was speaker of the House. If states had tried to get cute and not submit their electors by the December 11 deadline, Pelosi would just have extended the deadline. But Speaker Johnson surely won’t. If electors are not submitted by December 11, he’ll likely declare the process “over” and say that the electors appointed by that date are the only ones allowed to vote for president.

    Isn’t Speaker Johnson subject to recall? Maybe it’s time that happened.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      19·
      5 days ago

      Wasn’t this also settled in Bush v Gore?

      The states must submit electors by the certification date. That’s why the 2000 recount had to be stopped.

      • bitchkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        5 days ago

        I doubt the current supreme court will do anything even though in 2000 that decision helped the republican. They’ll find a reason to flip.

      • chaogomu@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 days ago

        That was an unsigned non-binding opinion. And the current court will jump on it in a heartbeat.