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The real reason the GOP election heist will fail: pure incompetence
Incompetence Is Not a FirewallJamelle Bouie’s point is simple enough: Donald Trump and Republicans may be trying to lay the groundwork to contest or steal the midterms, but the machinery they would need is messy, legalistic, and hard to execute. The trouble is that this framing risks turning authoritarian sabotage into a competence contest. The issue is not whether the plot is elegant. The issue is that people with institutional power are already using the state, the courts, and propaganda to damage the legitimacy of the vote before ballots are even counted.Who Has the LeversThe actors with…
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