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gab13by13

(31,866 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:03 AM Yesterday

Krasnov Will Use The War To Cancel The Elections

Zelenskyy made a mistake when he told Krasnov that he had to cancel elections in Ukraine because of the war. Krasnov opined, "why can't I do that?"

It is coming.

Also, Bibi has a copy of the Epstein files, Bibi owns Krasnov as much as Putin owns him.

I want to see if Krasnov's fossil fuel friends can still rig the price of gasoline to keep it low? If gasoline prices skyrocket in the US, inflation is going to skyrocket. This war may end Krasnov's reign.

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Krasnov Will Use The War To Cancel The Elections (Original Post) gab13by13 Yesterday OP
Watch out for a false flag operation... MiHale Yesterday #1
It's early on yet to give a good opinion, gab13by13 Yesterday #2
Spot on Hey Joe Yesterday #6
Shit fucking fire. I wish I could say you were wrong. GaYellowDawg Yesterday #17
Exactly. A terrorist attack -.real or manufactured, can serve as his excuse. yellow dahlia 13 hrs ago #33
Ukraine attacks are on Ukraine to destroy it's sovereignty................... Lovie777 Yesterday #3
elections are managed and run by the states samsingh Yesterday #4
So Krasnov didn't issue tariffs because it was illegal? Got it. gab13by13 Yesterday #9
The same SCOTUS Boo1 22 hrs ago #32
Fortunately the states run elections so this isn't a concern EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #5
And it won't work. We've had many elections during wartime before now ms liberty Yesterday #7
Shhh, don't let reality ruin a perfectly good dystopian fantasy. Nt Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #16
There is no precedent for such a thing. MineralMan Yesterday #8
PRECEDENT badgolfer Yesterday #10
He has also been blocked by the courts many times MineralMan Yesterday #12
Elections are run by the states. bearsfootball516 23 hrs ago #30
Bookmarking all of your posts gab13by13 Yesterday #11
He can attempt to defy the law of the land Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #19
I'm confused. BannonsLiver Yesterday #13
The 2 are not mutually exclusive, gab13by13 Yesterday #20
Delusional SCantiGOP 23 hrs ago #29
Again let's map out what happens EdmondDantes_ 22 hrs ago #31
So you think Magats will control congress until 2029 onenote 12 hrs ago #34
So, the war is going to perpetuate trump's control and at the same time its going to end his reign. onenote Yesterday #14
Yup, just like Lincoln and FDR did Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #15
One thing for sure here bluestarone Yesterday #18
Stop putting words in my mouth that I didn't say, gab13by13 Yesterday #21
You can't base being right on this with your incorrect claim that the election was stolen EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #26
The elections Greg_In_SF Yesterday #22
If he does GaYellowDawg Yesterday #23
Nope. QueerDuck Yesterday #24
The only time where we had a legitimate reason to cancel because of war was in 1864 Polybius Yesterday #25
Stop fucking dooming. JFC. All of this has been said. Nothing that he might do has not already been said. themaguffin Yesterday #27
We had elections during the Civil War and every war since then. Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #28
It is unanamous. Trump is using Iran attacks to have an emergency applegrove 11 hrs ago #35
Krasnov Will Use The War To "TRY" to Cancel The Elections Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #36
Wish I had all that confidence exuding from those so sure that Trump and Co. won't be able to do squat. B.See 9 hrs ago #37

MiHale

(12,883 posts)
1. Watch out for a false flag operation...
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:10 AM
Yesterday

Bet on him ‘sacrificing’ something in the country claiming it’s Iran. Just a war overseas doesn’t seem threatening enough.

gab13by13

(31,866 posts)
2. It's early on yet to give a good opinion,
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:13 AM
Yesterday

but Iran is not Venezuela. Maybe the Ayatollah was bought off and this is Kabuki Theater for regime change, but if Iran fights back this war will go on for years.

Hey Joe

(543 posts)
6. Spot on
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:37 AM
Yesterday

We should put NOTHING past this sadistic
maniac as he cares for NO ONE but himself.

Lovie777

(22,575 posts)
3. Ukraine attacks are on Ukraine to destroy it's sovereignty...................
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:17 AM
Yesterday

and to dissolve it as a county as Russia wants to bring it back as a Russian territory.

I hope I'm right, shithole's plans will fail.

samsingh

(18,388 posts)
4. elections are managed and run by the states
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:18 AM
Yesterday

he can't cancel what the states do. he can say he can but that is not true. it's like his stupid tariffs

gab13by13

(31,866 posts)
9. So Krasnov didn't issue tariffs because it was illegal? Got it.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:50 AM
Yesterday

Postponing the election will be child's play for this fascist Supreme Court. Another SC already allowed the brother of the presidential candidate who was about to lose, stop ongoing vote counts. What law gave the SC to stop the vote count in Florida?

Boo1

(266 posts)
32. The same SCOTUS
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:26 PM
22 hrs ago

That just struck down those tarrifs?

This is doom porn, and it's not going to happen.

EdmondDantes_

(1,636 posts)
5. Fortunately the states run elections so this isn't a concern
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:21 AM
Yesterday

If red states wanted to go along with it, then they will have functionally zero members in the House and lose 20 or more Senators. That doesn't sound like a great plan for them so they won't cancel their elections either.

MineralMan

(151,038 posts)
8. There is no precedent for such a thing.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:43 AM
Yesterday

There have, however, been elections during times of war multiple times. War does not stop elections.

badgolfer

(296 posts)
10. PRECEDENT
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:52 AM
Yesterday

There has been no PRECEDENT for a lot of issues that Trump has taken but still takes!!

MineralMan

(151,038 posts)
12. He has also been blocked by the courts many times
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:01 AM
Yesterday

when he tried. Trying to cancel elections simply will not work.

bearsfootball516

(6,694 posts)
30. Elections are run by the states.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:08 PM
23 hrs ago

Trying to use this as an excuse to cancel elections, he'd be shut down by the courts before you could blink.

gab13by13

(31,866 posts)
11. Bookmarking all of your posts
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:52 AM
Yesterday

that claim that Krasnov can't break the law. I hope you are all right.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,720 posts)
19. He can attempt to defy the law of the land
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:25 AM
Yesterday

But nobody gets to disobey the laws of physics.

Cancelling the elections is physically impossible, at least not without a military coup, and they seem to be preoccupied right now.

BannonsLiver

(20,431 posts)
13. I'm confused.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:03 AM
Yesterday

He’s going to stay in power by canceling the elections but it also may end his reign?

With all due respect, pick a fucking lane already 😂

gab13by13

(31,866 posts)
20. The 2 are not mutually exclusive,
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:31 AM
Yesterday

Politicians were never going to save our country, it is going to take an uprising of the people, and with this war we will get a significant number of unwashed Magats to join us.

Krasnov is president until 2029 but with this war he may not make it that far, canceling the 2026 elections will only keep Magats in control of Congress and will they continue to fluff Krasnov when unwashed Magats hit the streets?

EdmondDantes_

(1,636 posts)
31. Again let's map out what happens
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:23 PM
22 hrs ago

All of the House seats are up, and 33 Senate (and 2 special elections) are up. So since elections are run by the states, no blue state is going to go along with your hypothetical. So if red states did, they would have very few House seats, and lose 19 Senators automatically. Which even without doing the math, puts us in control of both houses of Congress. So no, red states won't be going along with that.

onenote

(46,097 posts)
34. So you think Magats will control congress until 2029
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:49 PM
12 hrs ago

But will depose Trump before then? How? Impeachment and conviction? Both Trump and Vance? Who do you think the repubs would install as president beteen now and 2029?

Your thinking on this is seriously clouded.

onenote

(46,097 posts)
14. So, the war is going to perpetuate trump's control and at the same time its going to end his reign.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:06 AM
Yesterday

Seems like you've got all the bases covered.
I'm thinking the correct answer is none of the above.


bluestarone

(21,930 posts)
18. One thing for sure here
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:24 AM
Yesterday

It's way past time to Impeach and REMOVE him. ( i do know that's impossible with our numbers) But it's a good thought.

gab13by13

(31,866 posts)
21. Stop putting words in my mouth that I didn't say,
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:40 AM
Yesterday

I said he would cancel the elections, he isn't up for reelection until 2028. Canceling the 2026 elections would keep Magats in control of Congress but the war will be so unpopular that unwashed Magats are going to turn on him.

The people who are criticizing me are the same ones who told me that Democrats need to GOTV and beat them at the ballot box and then Krasnov steals the election.

Politicians are not going to save this country, the people will have to rise up and throw out the billionaires.

This war will bring unwashed Magats to our side.

EdmondDantes_

(1,636 posts)
26. You can't base being right on this with your incorrect claim that the election was stolen
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:54 AM
Yesterday

Neither are true.

GaYellowDawg

(5,095 posts)
23. If he does
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:42 AM
Yesterday

Then we need to gather tens of millions, descend on D.C., and march on these motherfuckers 24/7. We need to make every other protest in American history look like a squealing kid in a playground.

Polybius

(21,752 posts)
25. The only time where we had a legitimate reason to cancel because of war was in 1864
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:47 AM
Yesterday

I wonder in Lincoln considered it.

themaguffin

(5,081 posts)
27. Stop fucking dooming. JFC. All of this has been said. Nothing that he might do has not already been said.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:01 AM
Yesterday

Ocelot II

(130,074 posts)
28. We had elections during the Civil War and every war since then.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:13 AM
23 hrs ago

We had elections following the economic crashes of 1929 and 2008, after 9/11, during the pandemic, and every other national crisis I can think of. Trump is about as popular as an infected hemorrhoid right now, and states manage their own elections. There's enough catastrophizing going on as it is.

applegrove

(131,563 posts)
35. It is unanamous. Trump is using Iran attacks to have an emergency
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:17 PM
11 hrs ago

to mess with elections.

Jack Valentino

(4,807 posts)
36. Krasnov Will Use The War To "TRY" to Cancel The Elections
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:28 PM
11 hrs ago

before the courts kill off any such attempt...

There, fixed it for you....

As a citizen of the state of Michigan, I am confident that any such illegal and un-Constitutional executive orders which might be issued by Trump will be IGNORED by the Democratically-controlled regions of my state, as well as by the Democratic Governor and Secretary of State--


---and if the counties controlled by Republicans try to go along with it,
well, they will just eliminate a lot of Republican votes from the statewide totals!




B.See

(8,197 posts)
37. Wish I had all that confidence exuding from those so sure that Trump and Co. won't be able to do squat.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:20 AM
9 hrs ago

But TRY they certainly WILL, either to 'mess with' the election, or WORSE. In fact it's ALREADY in the works... the plans and the lies they'll use to implement / justify it... like they've justified every other abhorrent (but certainly 'not at all likely') thing they've done.

But hey, MOVE ALONG. Nothing to see here:

It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État - The New Republic During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.

Read: The ‘Emergency’ Executive Order Proposal That Trump Activists are Rallying Behind - TPM

Trump’s Effort to Steal the Midterms Is Getting Serious - Yahoo

Alarming analysis details just how Trump’s midterms coup could go down - Alternet.org

5 things to know as Trump's 'national emergency' plan emerges to seize control of voting - Raw Story

Here are five fast details of what the executive order would do:
1. Voting machines will be banned — even those that print a paper ballot.
2. Ballot drop boxes for mail-in voters will be prohibited.
3. Voters will be required to notarize mail-in ballots before turning them in.
4. Everyone currently registered to vote will have to register again for the 2026 elections.
5. The executive order claims to supersede virtually every major federal law on voting rights.


Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want Trump to Take Over the Midterms - TPM

You’re denied access to your property: Inside Trump's new plan to steal the midterms - Alternet.org

Trump says he's 'entitled' to illegal third term as allies work to back effort - Raw Story

Hang on tight: Ex-insider says 'terrified' GOP poised to take much more dangerous path - Raw Story

"Hang on tight," Wilson wrote. "The people who couldn’t pass the SAVE Act are about to try something much more dangerous. They think they can cancel the Constitution with a 'National Emergency' sticker. They’re wrong. But they’re going to break a lot of things trying to prove they’re right."
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