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Some weird stuff is all over the media and social networks, which started when Trump tweeted about delaying the election:
"With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???"
I first seen this (and shared on Facebook) yesterday's article by Rolling Stone, with my comment:
Economy Tanks, Trump Suggests Delaying Election
The GDP plummeted a record 32.9 percent in the second quarter
As has been noted repeatedly since Trump waged his campaign against remote voting, there is absolutely no legitimate evidence that mail-in or absentee voting leads to fraud. Now, Trump is a world-class troll with a penchant for making ridiculous proposals on Twitter to see how the public will react, but he’s also the president of the United States, which means his shitposting needs to be taken seriously. As has been demonstrated in the past, it’s only a frivolous tweet until he actually tries to make it happen.
The first reaction on You Tube, I shared also on Facebook with this comment:
But following some more links and doing more research, I think there might be more to this implied threat than meets the eye.
Check this out, and then my follow-up research on Common Dreams:
From Distracting Nation From Economic Crash to
'Freaking Out About Losing,'
Trump's Threat to Delay Election Seen as No Joke
A clear suggestion that if empowered with an authority that legal experts agree he does not possess, President Donald Trump would delay the November election if he viewed it as being in his political interest?
But wait a minute ...."legal experts agree he does not possess" ...... are you sure? Searching further, after I ran across this on Wikipedia, about DIRECTIVE 51. The one to focus on is from 2007. Again, on Common Dreams, this article is worth reading:
White House Revises Post-Disaster Protocol
The Bush administration is writing a new plan to maintain governmental control in the wake of an apocalyptic terrorist attack or overwhelming natural disaster, moving such doomsday planning for the first time from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to officials inside the White House.The policy requires all government agencies to have clear lines of succession if top officials are killed and be prepared to operate from a new headquarters within 12 hours of a catastrophe.
..... moving such doomsday planning for the first time from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to officials inside the White House ..... now think about this for a moment and let it sink in! Who are these "officials"?
Please read this article carefully and also consult the Wikipedia article National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive for additional information, links and sources.
Don't be deceived by memes like this - the fun and games are over, he is desperate and could do some serious damage!
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