Make America Great Again

 

So far Donald Trump has attempted to overturn the election by:

• Suing to overturn the outcome
• Pressuring election officials to throw out votes
• Pressuring state legislatures to choose their own slate of electors
• Asking for a special counsel to investigate voter fraud
• Asking the Department of Homeland Security to seize voting machines
• Considering martial law.

All of these attempts have failed.  The next one up will take place on January 6 and will be an attempt to get Congress to reject the results of the Electoral College. As I understand it, that can work only if both houses of Congress vote to reject the outcome.  We know the House will not vote to reject the outcome because the House has a Democratic majority.  It seems extremely likely that enough Senate Republicans will vote to accept the outcome that the attempt will fail in the Senate as well. So the latest ploy will also fail

But Congress certifies the election results on January 6, 2021.  Inauguration Day is January 20, 2021.  Two weeks lie between those events.  And that is when Trump will become truly desperate.  I don't know what he will attempt, but truly all I can think of is an actual insurrection by his supporters.  

So buckle up your seatbelts.  There could be turbulence ahead.