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The ‘national emergency’ path to controlling the midterms
94 sats \ 6 comments \ @Yermin 28 Feb Politics_And_Law

Trump (Truth Social, Feb 28, 2026):

“Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump, and now faces renewed war with United States:”

— Donald J. Trump

ProPublica (re: the summit):

“declare a national emergency”
“to take over this year’s midterms”
“ban mail-in ballots and get rid of voting machines”

— ProPublica

Cato (describing the circulating draft EO, citing WaPo):

a “17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.”
“ban mail ballots”
“empower the president to ban … voting machines”

— Cato at Liberty

Brennan Center (SAVE Act push):

“require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote.”
“more than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents.”

— Brennan Center for Justice

Same week: “declare a national emergency” + “ban mail-in ballots” + “show your papers.”

"to take over this year’s midterms” isn’t a metaphor. What does SN think?

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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @Signal312 2 Mar

How did you compile this info, did you just run across these quotes organically?

Seems pretty ominous.

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1 sat \ 2 replies \ @Yermin OP 2 Mar

All quotes are sourced + hyperlinked.
Democracy Docket includes the draft EO screenshot; the rest is ProPublica + Cato coverage.

The same attorneys/activists are reported to have been involved in the 2020 election challenges. I’m just quoting what’s been reported.

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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 2 Mar

I'm not challenging you, just didn't see the links.

This does seem pretty serious.

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35 sats \ 0 replies \ @Yermin OP 2 Mar

Links are below the quotes (sometimes they don’t render depending on view).
Yes, think it’s serious because it’s written to invoke “national emergency” authorities to federalize/control election administration.

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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @Yermin OP 1 Mar
“This constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”

That phrase is the legal trigger: declare a “national emergency” → unlock extraordinary federal control over elections.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/exclusive-read-the-draft-executive-emergency-order-for-trump-to-take-control-of-elections/

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Yermin OP 1 Mar
“There is now clear and compelling evidence… that these threats have not been mitigated but instead have intensified.”
“Persons… assisted by certain domestic accomplices, have exploited… vulnerabilities through unauthorized remote access to election equipment…”
“Sufficient evidence indicates that in some cases United States elections have been victimized by manipulation of tabulated results…”
“These evidenced violations are routinely ignored…”
“This constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”

That phrase — “unusual and extraordinary threat” — is the legal trigger.

It’s the language used to justify declaring a national emergency and expanding federal control over elections.

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