Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she is worried that President Donald Trump will use the war in Iran to try to cancel the 2028 presidential election.
    • BestBouclettes@jlai.luEnglish
      13·
      22 days ago

      She supported him until it affected her, that’s a very typical conservative lack of empathy

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
      4·
      22 days ago

      she supported him on the contigency he would release the files, and endorse her for the senate run, since the gop/billionaires advised TRUMP not do that, she going woman scorned on trump.

  • Arancello@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    22 days ago

    The recent kentucky primaries are a clue to how they’re going to take the election. The ‘normal’ primary saw about $150k spent by the winning candidate. The kentucky primary saw over $32 million spent by the winning candidate. We saw Elon flood several electorates with about $300 million. So the consequences of the ‘citizens united ’ case, where your supreme court allowed unlimited spending by ‘corporations’, is reaching its logical conclusion with the mid terms and the 2028 election. Good luck, but I don’t like your chances.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.worldEnglish
      4·
      22 days ago

      There’s a good chance that backfires, and Kentucky ends up with a Democrat senator. They already have a Democrat governor, proving they will move left as a state. I’m not sure you can expect that in Louisiana, though.

      This happened it 2010, when a bunch of Tea Partiers won their primaries, and then lost the general election, flipping a bunch of seats blue, and badly blunting the midterm boost they expected against Obama.

    • Notyou@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      22 days ago

      Good luck, but I don’t like your chances.

      Unfortunately, there is polymarket and you can probably make money on betting on the outcome.

  • ExistingConsumingSpace@midwest.socialEnglish
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    22 days ago

    At most, the date could be altered if both houses pass a bill, but only up until December 31st, 2028. The states administer elections, and they aren’t going to withhold elections because Trump says. Some might, though that would only serve to disenfranchise the entire electorate within their state, as they’ll have no votes towards the election. This scenario likely leads to civil war and is very unlikely. State politicians want stability because it lines their pockets.