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It is time for Americans from all walks of like to recognize four key things: (1) Trump is an aspiring autocrat, who will seize power and overturn the results of this election if he can. He does not plan to leave office on Jan. 20. 1/
(2) He is the incumbent president, meaning for the next 60+ days he commands the awesome powers of the presidency. He will use every lever of institutional and political power at his disposal to bring about this outcome. 2/
(3) He remains the most popular politician in the Republican Party, and he therefore has been able to enforce extraordinary levels of loyalty within the party. The party is not monolithic, but there have been too few repudiations of Trump's behavior within the ranks. 3/
(4) Our institutions cannot save us, because Trump's legal strategy has always been a political strategy. His lawsuits are about delaying certification or raising enough suspicion that state officials feel massive political pressure--from below and above--to refuse to certify. 4/
Countering this political strategy requires more than good lawyering in response. It requires a clear repudiation from all of those who will not stand for an autocratic power grab. How? See @TheRedLineGuide as a good place to start. You can also sign up for alerts @choosedemo. 5/
It is urgent now for Americans from all walks of like to make clear that we will not let anyone take our democracy from us. The people have spoken. We have chosen our public servants, and legal challenges have been adequately addressed. 6/
It is also urgent that Republicans who have been silent over the past two weeks make clear that the voters have spoken, and that Trump and his campaign must not go any further in challenging the election or its result. This is it. *Now* is the time for you to stand up. 7/7
