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Dark warning as 'sinister scenario' for Trump and GOP leaves columnist aghast
The Real Coup Is ProceduralSummary of the ReportThe source text describes a warning from Robert Kuttner, building on David French’s reading of the Federal Contested Elections Act of 1969: if Democrats win the House but Republicans control the outgoing chamber, defeated Republican candidates could try to stall seating their Democratic replacements and keep the old majority alive long enough to flip control. That is the core danger being discussed. The rest is political reality: Donald Trump benefits if enough institutional actors decide that an anti-democratic maneuver is “just a legal…
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