As bad as January 6th was, we are just now getting a peep into all that of which Trump was capable.

For those who have not yet read, Mark Meadows knowingly gave many of his communication records from the White House, be it phone records, computer records, whatever, to the Congressional Select Committee. Within those records was a PowerPoint plan in which Trump would declare a state of emergency over supposed fraud in the election.

The PowerPoint plan is truly horrific.

They were going to select a “Trusted Lead Counter” (whatever that means) in what looks like an attempt to militarize the election, something we would normally expect in Central America or in the former Soviet Republic. That lead counter (appointed by Trump) would use resources from the national guard in each state, DOJ, and DHS.

U.S. Marshalls were to immediately secure all ballots in all 50 states, despite the fact that they have no authority to take such an action. Elections are run by the states.

They were going to use cell phones to image every ballot. Just imagine how long that would take. This is what Trump wanted, he wanted that Constitutional date of January 20th pushed back, as long as it took, forever – it wouldn’t be done yet, and he would come out the winner.

Bizarrely, they were going to have the National Guard do all the counting of ballots. Great idea, have military guys count ballots because the military is great at deciding elections, in dictatorships. As if the National Guard has any capability to “count each ballot.”

Look at what we just narrowly avoided. And we thought January 6th was bad. Oh, and anyone who has any doubt as to whether Trump was capable of planning out every detail on January 6th, look below. This was seriously considered:

https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1469045710150582285

The details are all over Twitter and it is shocking. As hard as this is to believe, Mike Pence actually saved this country. I know, I can’t believe it either.

Latest: Trump White House chief Mark Meadows turned over to Jan. 6 committee an email that referred to a PowerPoint calling for Trump to declare a NatSec emergency and have VP Pence delay Biden’s certification pic.twitter.com/D2wgLS6AoD

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) December 9, 2021

Here is the full Power Point presentation. READ IT. This is not an outlier. This will happen again.

People on Twitter are rightfully horrified:

There are still a stunningly large number of people who don't appreciate how close we came to a cataclysmic constitutional (and democratic) crisis on January 6 — or how alarming it is that a number of states are trying to make such a coup that much *easier* to pull off next time. https://t.co/PnpnKdDn5i

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 9, 2021

Hey America — the GOP put the plan to overthrow the government in a fucking PowerPoint! https://t.co/TcWWnYpMPb

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) December 10, 2021

You’d think all those “election integrity” folks would be a bit more concerned about this indisputable, physical evidence of an actual, premeditated attempt to steal an election https://t.co/nqRsyfXyYI

— Kyle Shivers (@kshivs20) December 10, 2021

‘Declare national security emergency’

Chilling, absolutely chilling to see this in writing. https://t.co/pU3nTDpECm

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) December 9, 2021

How boldly are Republicans trying to overthrow the Biden government? They had a PowerPoint plan. Why were they so bold? Because they think you and DOJ don’t care and thus they can’t be stopped. We are in a battle for democracy. It’s on life support. https://t.co/SKSqFL8c87

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) December 9, 2021

Just do whatever is necessary to overturn the results of a free/fair election to make sure the sociopath could illegally stay in office. All in writing. They will succeed next time if not convicted & incarcerated. https://t.co/BDoWFOA76y

— Richard Signorelli 🌱🇺🇦 🌊 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 (@richsignorelli) December 10, 2021

And to sum it up:

This is Treason. https://t.co/hAWAmJpMyF

— Guy Norman Bee (@guynormanbee) December 10, 2021

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