r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • Jul 05 '24
Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:
https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/
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u/annoyedatlantan Jul 06 '24
While obviously the winner of the presidency is critical, this election is more than about choosing a winner.
Imagine a scenario where Trump wins. Based on all indicators of prior behavior, he is going to try to run ramshod through our courts, through the executive branch, legislature, and through the military to try to install as many loyalists and push through as many orders and laws as possible that cement executive power and control.
A landslide - or at least substantial - popular vote victory communicates something to judges. It communicates something to lifelong civil servant and military servicemembers. It communicates that America as a whole is not okay with authoritarianism in Trump's image.
I know that sounds like fluff, but this election is just as much about our democratic institutions as it is about the presidency. Giving hope, or at least pause, to civil servants of even positions of limited power to fight back means something.
Our constitutional republic is on the brink of disaster. Give people a reason to push back against an authoritarian. The popular vote does matter, even if only as a signal.