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Author: WatchingTheHerd   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Colorado Disqualifies Trump
Date: 12/19/23 7:52 PM
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I have strong doubts the USSC will allow this ruling to stand without tampering with it or outright rejecting it based on some rationale pulled out of their Federalist playbook but...

If allowed to stand and if it sets a precedent any other state follows, here's the chain of dominos.

A similar ruling in any other state already likely to go for Biden and has winner-take-all rules for electoral college votes doesn't hurt Trump where it counts -- in the electoral college. It could be an embarrassment to see a popular vote total drop by a few more million but we all know, PEOPLE don't count, ELECTORS count and they are not the same thing.

A similar ruling in any other state Trump has a chance to WIN is a much different story. The margins for 2024 are probably so slim from an Electoral College standpoing that a difference of one or two swing states will likely be the difference. If a candidate loses one of those states because they could not appear on the ballot, THAT might serve as a wakeup call to the Republican Party that they cannot continue down this trail without getting wiped out. THAT might be enough for them to dump Trump and go with one of the other mini-Mussolinis. Still not much of an improvement but better than not returning someone to power who actively quotes Hitler at campaign rallies with admiration.

Granted, many of the states Trump would be heavily favored to win are already dominated by Repubican legislatures and (likely) Republican leaning judges so the odds of a Red state coming to this same conclusion are virtally nill. But purple states? Who knows?

WTH
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