Paul Waldman's WaPo column Glimpse of How Far Right Will React If Trump Isn't Re-Electoralcolleged

... is sobering, a serious concern of mine as well, and worth a read.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/06/how-would-far-right-react-trump-loss-heres-glimpse/


The comment I submitted on it:

If Trump isn't re-electoralcolleged I do expect violence. Many in his base have long been itching to shoot urban blacks-hispanics-&-libruls and would jump if their Dear Leader calls for help. Trump has egged his base on in countless ways. He has fetishes for brute force and authoritarian violence. He warned there WILL likely be violence if he loses in some way he doesn't like, and if it comes the military, police, and even motorcycle gangs will "be on my side."

Just imagine if the scowling gun guys had legitmate grievances. If the many unfairnesses being used were reversed and WERE against Trumpists. Imagine it was Trump voters being suppressed. That voter roll purges were being targeted at THEM. That it was rural white areas that got targeted with messages of "vote Wednesday," "vote online," wrong polling station location information. Lied to that ICE would be there checking IDs and addresses and police would be checking people for outstanding warrants. Then even those who got to the right polling station, and hadn't been purged off the rolls, THEY faced hours-long lines to vote. 

Imagine what would happen if it was THEM who won the Senate in total votes cast but still lost it. Imagine if it was THEM who were gerrymandered net out of a lot of House seats, Congress said it didn't care about the Voting Rights Act anymore, and SCOTUS ruled it wouldn't even accept gerrymandering cases anymore. 

Imagine if it was THEIR president whose nominee for an open Supreme Court seat was refused even consideration, AND that stole from them majority control of SCOTUS. 

Imagine if it was the h.s. educated and rural, heavily armed, Fox "News"-watching whites who won the presidenial election by 3 million votes but the EC installed the Democratic candidate in the office instead. Just imagine if that Democrat had also openly appealed for and received essential, criminal help from Russia for that electoral college "win."