This is absolute insanity, the next time that happens (which seriously would anyone bet against at this point if Trump wins in November?), and if Stefanik is VP, she would not fulfill her oath and certify the election results. I mean, that she would not do so is not surpising (you don’t get to be front runner for Trumps VP in 2024 without agreeing to that). But that she just said it out loud on national TV, and it was greeted by collective shrug by the news media WTF?
Its currently right at the bottom of the CNN front page under the heading “Avlon says Stefanik’s remark should disqualify her from becoming VP” What are those remarks? Who is Avlon? Has someone just said they are going to usurp democracy if they are elected as VP? All that is left to your imagination if you don’t scroll down below (I’m not kidding) the “Whale poo has massive value” article. The top headline is: “Biden’s allies disagree on how to combat questions about his age”.
What the actual fuck. Trump being elected in 2016 was the fault of the news media, and they are doing their darndest to make sure he’s elected again in 2024.
And that’s the problem will these serial liars. We know exactly why she said it, but that tells us nothing about what she actually believes, or would do under similar circumstances. Even the people who want her to subvert democracy should be asking themselves if they really believe her, but I’m pretty sure they’re not that self-aware.
It’s not front page news because this is par for the course for Republicans in office these days. And the media has decided that because it’s “normal” and unsurprising, that makes it not really newsworthy.
Assuming Trump/Stefanik is elected in 2024, the first time she could subvert a presidential election would be in January of 2029, when the 2028 election results are being certified. Our political system could look very, very different by then. I doubt predictions have any useful utility today.
That she agreed that with her running mate is about as surprising as the sun was rising in the east. Does anyone doubt that is the #1 requirement for any potential trump VP pick? (Maybe after “must not damage Trump’s fragile ego by being more charismatic or a potential replacement”) There wasn’t any need to announce it public (only Trump gets to pick his VP), and the news media should not have gone “meh” when she did.
You’re focusing on the wrong thing. Her comments are based on this election, not the following election. This isn’t about predicting that following election; it’s about observing this one. She made those comments fot the reasons I mentioned.
True but how regardless of exactly how it comes about (Trump trying to get a 3rd term, Donald Trump Junior, MTG, Trump clone grown in a test tube, or even more unlikely: Eric Trump) no one has any doubt that Jan 6th could happen again in some form in January 2029 if Trump is elected in 2024. The fact she just came out and said “If that happens when I’m VP, I would just flat out reject the rule of law and appoint a dictator, not like that loser Pence” is a monumental moment in the decline of the US republic, and its genuinely shocking it buried in the back pages.
You don’t think his dumbass followers, aka the magatoflatearthers, won’t try to attack the Capitol again? I’d be surprised if any of the statehouses aren’t attacked on December 17, 2024.