How Trump could pull off 'a real coup' if he loses to Harris: report

21 October 2024

Radio host Charlamagne tha God has made a dire prediction about the United States' 2024 presidential election.

If former President Donald Trump loses the electoral vote to Vice President Kamala Harris, Charlamagne warned during an interview with ITK, the "corrupt, illegitimate" U.S. Supreme Court will "overturn the results" and put Trump back in the White House anyway.

MAGA Republicans have accused Charlamagne of having "Trump derangement syndrome" — which is the same thing they said about "Real Time" host Bill Maher when, in 2020, he predicted that Trump would never admit defeat if he lost to now-President Joe Biden. But Maher's prediction proved accurate: Trump, after losing to Biden, falsely claimed, without evidence, that the election was stolen from him and did everything he could to overturn the election results.

Moreover, a mob of Trump supporters violently attacked the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in the hope of preventing Congress from certifying Biden's victory.

In an article published on October 21 — only 15 days before Election Night 2024 — Politico reporters Kyle Cheney, Heidi Przybyla, John Sakellariadis and Lisa Kashinsky lay out some scenarios in which Trump could lose to Harris in the electoral vote count but return to the White House anyway on January 20, 2025.

The possible scenarios include: (1) "sowing distrust about the results and ramping up pressure during state certification," (2) "breeding distrust," (3) "pressuring county and state election boards," (4) "the role of lawsuits," (5) "convincing Republican-led state legislatures to appoint alternate electors to send to Congress," (6) "presidential electors meet in an atmosphere of threats," and (7) "persuading a GOP-led Congress to endorse Trump's electors and spurn Harris' set."

For January 6, 2025, the reporters describe a "final move to seize power at the joint session of Congress" and warn of a "final move to seize power at the joint session of Congress."

According to Cheney, Przybyla, Sakellariadis and Kashinsky, "If Republicans, through the speaker's maneuvering, prevent either candidate from garnering an Electoral College majority, it would trigger what's known as a contingent election in the House, with each state delegation getting a single vote. Republicans control 26 state delegations to Democrats' 22, with two others evenly split. The GOP is favored to maintain that advantage, and Republicans would almost certainly choose to elect Trump president."

Election law expert Rick Hasen, who teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), discussed that type of scenario with Politico — saying, "Then, you're really getting into the realm of lawlessness. If people are going to be willing to just ignore the law and declare someone the winner, then you're talking about a real coup.”

Read Politico's full analysis at this link.

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