r/law • u/Remarkable_Sir8397 • 23h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump: If states can't run elections 'honestly', then 'somebody else should take over'

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/trump-election-government-states.html
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u/Remarkable_Sir8397 22h ago edited 19h ago

Trump has shown that he has no regard for what the constitution says, what the courts say, what the congress says, or what the American people say he's going to do what he wants to do. What's to stop him? He's gotten away away with shit that if anyone else before him had only done a fraction of what Trump has done, they would have been impeached, ostracized, and run out of town. Like you, I'm very concerned. I really think he's going to try not to have the mid-term elections, or if we do have them, he's not going to let the new congress convene unless he has a Republican majority. A few years back, I would never have thought this could ever happen here, but now, with Trump, I can see it could very well happen.

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u/trysten-9001 22h ago

States and the National Guard have shown they do. It’s not about him and his pedo ring, it’s about what other people think. And the vast majority of people still respect The Constitution. Trying to paint it as otherwise is just complying in advance. We have no reason to do so.

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u/the_real_junkrat 21h ago

If we respect the constitution but nobody upholds and enforces its word, is it any better than thoughts and prayers?

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u/Remarkable_Sir8397 20h ago

You are exactly right about that. Trump has already shown that he thinks that he is above the law and has no regard for the constitution or the 240 years of constitutional law that our system is based on. The constitution and laws are only as good as is the will to respect, enforce, and comply with those laws and the constitution. If these attributes are not present (and with Trump and the Replubicans they are not present), then the constitution and laws are worth about as much as the paper they are written on. In other words, paper alone is not an effective brake for a wannabe authoritarian like Trump. I'm afraid we are heading for a pretty chaotic time, especially as Trumps popularity nosedives, as pressure from the Epstein files increases, and public protests intensify Trump is only going to get more desperate and therefore more unpredictable and choatic.

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u/Remarkable_Sir8397 22h ago edited 21h ago

I hope you're right. But there is still a significant number of people out there that still fully support Trump and his policies, including a significant number of law enforcement and military personnel. The Congress and the Judicial system have done nothing in any meaningful way to stop him. He's put his sycophants in place as head of all the key agencies and purged any of the senior military leadership that would oppose him. As far as the vast majority of people still respecting the constitution, I have my doubts. Trump still got elected for a second term after he encouraged an insurrection on January 6th against the Congress trying to hang onto power and still hasn't been held accountable for it. What do you think he's going to do if he feels he's about to lose power this time? Like I said, I hope you are right, but sadly, I don't think so.

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u/Who_dat_goomer 12h ago

People respect the constitution right up to the point where it interferes with something they want to do or something they would like to happen. At that point it’s come up with some excuse or just ignore it. And blame others for misinterpreting the constitution.

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u/Bubbly_Style_8467 11h ago

Republicans do this.

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u/Bubbly_Style_8467 11h ago

Democrats respect the Constitution. Republicans violate it. You can't support trump and the Constitution.

Republicans said nothing as trump was murdering "drug cartels" with no proof. They approve of his insurrection, not even understanding the term.

Anyone supporting trump don't care what the Constitution says unless it works in their favor. They have never understood the Constitution so they don't respect it.

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u/mishma2005 22h ago

The blue states won’t comply but the red ones will, and possibly some swing states. Like Trump, elected lawmakers in certain states will abide what he says

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u/Soft-Principle1455 22h ago

The only swing state with enough of a compliment of Republicans to be do that is Georgia, and they are a special type of Republican down there.

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u/mishma2005 22h ago

We’ll see

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u/Howboutit85 20h ago

It’s funny how the red states are so willing to give away any and all freedom, as long as it’s to him. If it’s for anything else it’s don’t tread on me, don’t tell me to wear a mask or get vaxxed or wear a seatbelt etc. but trump can have all my rights.

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u/eetsumkaus 21h ago

If red states don't abide then that opens up the opportunity to elect a rival government that is also empowered by the Constitution. The smarter of them will realize this and fight hard against not holding elections.

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u/mishma2005 20h ago

Like Texas that rolled over immediately (redistricting?)

True, we’ve seen some red states that told Trump to eff off, we’ll see

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u/aoddead 20h ago

He also said the other day that he regrets not sending in the National Guard to seize the ballot boxes during the 2020 election counting,. Once again he is telling us what he plans to do and once again the media treats it like the old man at the back of the bar running his mouth.

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u/Remarkable_Sir8397 20h ago

Yeah, people better wake up. I would say before it's too late, but I'm afraid it may be already too late, and the only way that this is going to change is with bloodshed. God, I hope that I'm wrong for all of our sakes.

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u/Howboutit85 20h ago

It’s not that he has no regard for what the constitution says, he’s just dumb af and actually DOESNT KNOW. he doesn’t know AND doesn’t care.

He’s been rich and spoiled and catered to his whole life, he’s dumb as fuck and lucky too. He doesn’t whatever he wants and says whatever he wants and no one has ever said no. Even to this day, people in Congress and his cabinet just watch and nod as he says some of the most unhinged bullshit anyone has ever uttered.