Breaking Down Trump’s Plan To Steal The Election (And Why It’s Failing)

Undermining democratic legitimacy and conning supporters, but not actually affecting results

A Trump supporter in a shirt alleging “fraud” at the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, DC, November 14, 2020 (B.A. Van Sise/NurPhoto via Getty)

I saw this coming. As President Trump denigrated vote-by-mail and installed crony Louis DeJoy as Postmaster General, his unsubtle plan to manipulate the election came into focus. I called it…