Analyst says Trump officials may flee if Democrats win midterms: 'Would not be surprising'

We don't have 3.5 years, the midterms are all we have left.

In less than a year, the GOP has normalized complete fealty and disregard of the rule of law to Trump. Complete victory for fascism in the US right now is a matter of "when" and not "if."

Which makes the midterms (ugh, once again, I'm getting so tired of this) the most important election of our lifetimes. Assuming we can still get free and fair elections in 2026 before total fascist takeover, re-elevating Congress to an equal branch of the government is literally the only legal move we have left.

The only possible path to accountability is...

... a fleet of guillotines.

Edit: I don't actually know the collective noun for a group of guillotines, or even if there is one.

Yes the left loves this BS.

Hey now some Confederates fled to Brazil, it ain't just Argentina where they may go

I honestly think that's what they are trying to setup. Full stop.

Nazis in Argentina, it's all coming full circle

We did just put a deposit and first months rent on effectively they entire country with that $40B Trump sent them. I heard its non-refundable so we gotta use it.

The historic refuge of their ilk

If history repeats itself then yes. They did found many nazi's there after ww2

But they also fled to America. So why do people always say this? Or just typical American BS we are the best and nothing bad ever happened here.

All "normal" routes were already lost as of Jan. 20th when they took power and threw away the Constitution. With one party and the SCOTUS on their side it'll be almost impossible to dislodge them using peaceful means. There may still be a chance to save what scraps of democracy remain at the state and local levels and try to rebuild from there but to succeed that way will take a generation or more.

It's irritating to see all these pundits talk about, "well, when the Dems are back in power ..." They're the ones who are supposed to know what's going on. If they really believe it's going to work that way, they're in total denial.

Dem voters are going to do absolutely nothing.

They didn’t do shit when GWB created “Homeland Security” and the Patriot Act. They did nothing to stop the Tea Party. They didn’t do shit when Citizens United passed. They did nothing when Russia installed a puppet in the White House a decade ago. They did nothing when he stole classified documents. They did nothing when he was convicted of multiple felonies. They did nothing when the president’s top advisor did a sieg heil in front of the entire country. They did nothing when he started calling the national guard into US cities. They did nothing when he named The Department of War. They did nothing when he demolished the east wing…

There is no resistance. They did 2 fucking “peaceful” parades in 4 months. US liberals are a bigger problem than MAGA voters at this point and deserve whatever they get.

Yes everyone is going to go oh no the stolen election and just refuse to admit the Democrats are unelectable. The republicans are still polling higher then the democrats.

I'm sorry, but Doomerism has to die.

The only call-to-action I get from this kind of comment inspires is "give up & go home evryone; your fate is to suffer"

My intention with my own comment is to ask people to please keep the defeatist comments to yourself.
If you aren't saying anything informative or supportive in Public discourse, what are you actually putting into the Public's mind?

You probably need to spend sometime outside the bubble you're living in. Most other places are fighting back.

Anti-democracy bots are already hard at work all over the internet, doing the usual "there is no difference between the parties and only stupid people engage in democracy" spiel.

They've done so much damage so fast

They did, they will, they already are. Every single living person who is still a registered Republican, every single person who has voted for a Republican in the last 20 years is a traitor to both humanity and the American people.

They sent ice into nyc ahead of the mayoral elections specifically targeting areas that are latino, indian and Asian. I think this is them testing the tampering.

They have broken so many laws, its ride or die time for them.

They have plans for almost everything I'm sure. They've probably been thinking about this takeover for over 10 years.

I really dislike Nancy Pelosi, but she actually did a lot to intervene when Dems took the House back during Trump's first administration.

Democrats to use House majority to launch Trump investigations

It doesn't get talked about enough, but Trump had plans to profit greatly from COVID and vaccine privatization. He likely would have been successful if he'd been able to roll out the vaccine without democratic oversight.

He had a lot of evil plans actually, and I'm pretty sure that most of his backlash against the vaccine and COVID mandates was mainly due to him being angry he wasn't allowed to profit from the pandemic in as many ways as he hoped.

Before the pandemic, top contractor received billions from government

Vaccine Maker Earned Record Profits but Delivered Disappointment in Return

Emergent BioSolutions was awarded a $628 million federal contract with no competitive bidding. Top executives received big bonuses while factories mostly sat idle and tens of millions of Covid-19 doses were thrown away.

Covid-19: Trump sought to buy vaccine developer exclusively for US, say German officials

Trump officials actively lobbied to deny states money for vaccine rollout last fall

And if a subpoena isn't scary why are Republicans in the House and Senate refusing to subpoena JP Morgan to force the CEO to release bank records of transactions between Jeffery Epstein and Peter Thiel?

"Chances"? It's a fucking wipeout by the Democrats by any stretch of polling whatsoever unless they try and rig, which they are trying to do now.

Don't even pretend like the GOP has a chance in hell.

Basically none.

Argentina like last time, maybe. Russia, for a bit. Better hope to fuck the Russia Ukraine war is over quick, or they'll be hiding from NATO before they know it.

Argentina, just like last time

They're total cowards, that's why. Hegseth is convinced he's the next target to get shot at, and is redirecting enormous resources to have a personal guard at all times.

It's so cute to blame pre-collapse Dems for their ability to do anything post-collapse. They have absolutely no power at any level of government, and people are furious they haven't walked on water yet. "We voted you out and gave you as much power as we should have given a criminal and a destroyer -- which is nothing. Why haven't you rebeled for the greater good? Because invading the capitol is okay when my team does it. Also my armchair is not comfy."

This is the "conservatives must fall in line, but progressives must fall in love" adage proved again and again but with a much higher bar.

Don’t forget the huge gerrymandering push to steal dozens of seats and try to force a Republican majority

The dems have to engage the left they have completely alienated. The people on the edge of their overton window that think the dems are a complete and total failure and also invoke Godwins law every time a GOP policy is duscussed. Instead the dems think the people they need to seek are the centerists... And well... Look what that got them last time.

Things are so polarised that Republican voters will seemingly accept anything of their party rather than accept a Democrat.

So, like Nazis?

Not sure if people get this yet or not. We either crush them in the next election or we end up physically fighting them. This is how fascism works. They have signaled to us that there is no red line for them regarding their own representatives. None. They will absolutely allow this to go all the way unless we stop them. And, at this point, I'm not sure the election thing is going to work because when fascists are in control, they tend to not allow fair elections. I mean they attempted a violent insurrection the last time they lost. Who actually thinks they're going to allow a fair election?

If the Democrats just assume public anger will mean they are going to win

Hey, look, it's 1984 1988 2000 2004 2006 2008 2014 2016 2020 2022 2024 all over again.

Surprise isn't a thing when they've been gleefully announcing their actions in rigging it.

You are absolutely insane:

• Trump is underwater on every single issue
• Support in his minority voting blocks that were the reason for 1% win have abandoned him
• This Gerrymandering blshit is being put to a stop
• Iowa, Virginia, and Nebraska are on track to flip
• Dems have more popular polling candidates writ large in the midterms
• The farming bloc just had a SEISMIC shift away from the GOP and will be endorsing any challengers

Where the hell are you seeing the GOP winning anything? Even their own party is saying it's going to be an absolute wipeout.

$$$

What the hell would they have to flee from? Under Biden, all they got was richer.

Real talk if we manage to shake them off it's our duty to sign up for things like FBI jobs and the Coast Guard etc. National Guard for sure. State Guard already... We need to pack the institutions like they are trying to.

Argentina... Like the Nazis of old

Just like King Trump's anus.

Remember even in his first term the GOP lost the midterms.

His first term was bad, but not nearly as bad. We didn't have military occupation of our own cities. We didn't have masked men abducting people off the streets into unmarked vans. We didn't have a trade war with practically every other country. We didn't have massive inflation after a prior year of massive inflation. We didn't have suspension of food security. We didn't have farmers being undermined by all this while a huge bailout is done to a foreign country. We weren't mobilizing our military for an apparent invasion.

So the Democrats might have a chance. Removal from office may not be on the table, but at least some check on executive power might be exercised. We may be stuck with a PJ2025 executive branch for at least the next couple of years after that, but at least maybe there can be some mitigation. It's at least worth a try.

Depressingly I wouldn't characterize the last decade of elections as being as much a Republican or Democratic loss as much as pretty much every single election being a loss for whomever the perceived incumbent of the time.

We only need to control house or senate to start reining him in hard. By 2028 the economy will be in ruins and he will be ineligible to run no matter what he says or more likely dead due to his own health problems.

There is every reason to believe we can take house senate and presidency in 2028.

Even with the random caps and the nonsensical take, people here still have difficulty detecting the irony.

That's a funny way of spelling Argentina.

No one ever voted their way out of fascism. Just saying.

I am sure they will happen, but it will be pageantry

Russia would take them in i reckon

You forgot Musk.

And Argentina is not even their only option at this point. Trump will uninstall Maduro and install someone else, maybe Machado. Then the 21st century nazis have a friend in Venezuela as well.