Thursday, March 19, 2020

Could Trump Try to Cancel Election?


Back to the end of the 1960's, there was a national crisis of violence. Richard Nixon abused his presidential power that led to his resignation. People are worried that the same thing will happen with Donald Trump. They believe he will use the pandemic as a pretext to cancel the election and remain in power.

For Nixon, it started off as a rumor, but soon spread to the print. Once one company ran the story, it wasn't long before others had the same idea. Because no one was denying the rumors, people began to believe they were true.

There were three possible schemes that people believed the administration was planning. One was to cancel the 1972 elections under the ostensible threat of violence, but in reality to keep the administration in power. The second was to secretly orchestrate pro-administration rallies by labor groups that would purport to be spontaneous. The last was that Nixon would eventually "repeal" the Bill of Rights. After this came out, Nixon and other people of power finally spoke up and claimed that this was all false. However, it took them this long to finally say something.

There is no evidence that Trump is going to do this, but if people began to spread the rumor, I'm sure that the majority would believe it. It is a matter of how trustworthy the people believe our president is. If people have reason to speculate this kind of behavior, then there is reason they do.

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1 comment:

  1. I hope that Trump doesn't try to attempt to cancel the election. I don't doubt that he might've thought about it too. I personally feel that since he went undertrial for impeachment, he shouldn't be allowed to run again. However, coronavirus has been taking a toll on the election as a lot of attention has been drawn away from it and people who are high-risk will be unable to vote.

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