amplified thousands of times by the whole ecosystem on the right that is a propaganda ecosystem. and it is telling people that someone stole the election from them, that the democrats are destroying the country, that more and more and more so-called evidence proves these things, and, yeah. i think the there is this very large mass of trump supporters who believe both that biden is an illegitimate president who stole the office and that violence is justified. frankly, if you were living in a country in which the election was literally stolen and an imposter was holding office, why wouldn t violence be justified?
and when you do that, you give yourself permission to take all kinds of steps in opposition. i mean, if you have an existential threat to the united states of america, which is what republicans are saying about biden, then what remedy would not be allowed to you? is that why you believe, bart, that the feeling among trump supporters, especially the hard-edge trump supporters, is hardening both the mill tansey around the election issue, which has gotten steadily worse over the course of the year, but also the openness to violence as a potential solution here, that s gotten worse over the course of this year too. is it simply a result of the type of rhetoric you are describing or is there some other dynamic at work? i think there is a strong, ongoing message that is
argument that purports to allow state legislators to override the choice of the voters. by way of foundation for all the rest, trump and his party have convinced a dauntingly large number of americans that the essential workings of democracy are corrupt. that made up claims of fraud are true. that only cheating can thwart their victory at the polls. that tyranny has usurped their government. that violence is a legitimate response. any republican might benefit from these mac nations but let s not pretend there is any suspense unless biology intercedes trump will seek and win the republican nomination for president in 2024. the party is in his thrall. no opponent can break it and fen will try. neither will a setback outside politics like indictment or say a disastrous turn in business. neither will those things prevent trump from running. if anything those could redouble his will to power. quote, in nearly every battle space of the war to control the count of the next election, n state h
he could to toppling a free election a year ago. he is preparing in plain view to do it again, and his position is growing stronger.otioo republican acolytes have identified the weak points in our electoral apparatus and are methodically exploiting them. they have set loose and are driven by the animus of tens of millions of aggrieved trump supporters prone to security thinking, who embrace violence, and who reject democratic defeat. those supporters are armed and single-minded, and will know what to-m do the next time trum calls upon them to act. democracy will be on trial in 2024. the midterms marked by gerrymandering will more than likely tighten the republican party s grip on the legislatures in swing states. the supreme court may be ready s to give those legislatures near absolute control over em the choice of presidential electors. if republicans take back the house and senate as oddsmakers seem to believe they will, the
results should be decertified, which means there shouldn t have been biden electors from there. there should have been trump electors. trump secretly won the election and should be restored to power. that is what they tried after the election and is still what trump is trying.d bart gellman was right about what trump was going to do in 2020 as farfetched as it seemed at the time. now today barton gellman has written his follow-up also in the atlantic, the new cover story out today called january 6 was practice. here s how it starts. technically, the next attempt to overthrow a national election may not qualify as a coup. it will rely on sub version more than violence although each will have its place. if the plot succeeds, the ballots cast by american voters will not decide the presidency in 2024. thousands of votes will be thrown away or millions to produce the required effect. winner will be declared the loser. the loser will be certified ourh