How Republicans Could Help Trump Steal the Election from Harris

Here are the ways Mike Johnson and Republicans could try to help Trump overturn the 2024 election results if Kamala Harris wins

November 2, 2024 | Justin Glawe and Asawin Suebsaeng | RollingStone

Donald Trump and his allies in Congress and election offices throughout the country have a variety of tools to dismantle the will of voters and install Trump as president — Tuesday’s election results be damned.

Much of the nation was shocked when attempts to overturn the 2020 election culminated in a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. And while that specific scenario is unlikely to play out again this Jan. 6, the nation and world could be stunned once more at the lengths to which Republicans may go to undo a potential win by Vice President Kamala Harris.

Congress tried to close some loopholes that Trump and House and Senate Republicans tried to exploit four years ago, but danger still remains. Pro-Trump Republicans still have several paths to overturn the election, should Vice President Kamala Harris prevail at the polls.

Meanwhile, a diverse and bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, election law experts, retired judges, and former federal officials have been war-gaming scenarios — both in conjunction with the Harris campaign and independently — to prepare for a Republican-led constitutional coup that could come to a climax again in the halls of Congress four years after the insurrection.

This informal coalition is focusing on four scenarios: widespread certification refusals by county election officials, disruptions to voting and canvassing by right-wing activists, disruptions or interference at or by state legislatures to the work of the Electoral College, and refusals by Republican members of Congress to certify a Harris win. …