Doomsday Options

Yesterday, the New York Times published a very interesting article (link here) about how several different groups and organizations have formed special committees to both map out various schemes Donald Trump could attempt this year to interfere with the election and also design plans to counter such efforts should they occur.

Some examples:

A few weeks before the election, Trump declares a state of emergency in several large cities in swing states, thus severely limiting urban voter participation and thus tipping the states to go Republican.

Or, a week before the election, the administration announces a criminal investigation, albeit ultimately bogus, of Trump's November opponent.

Of, the election occurs and Trump narrowly loses. He refuses to concede, insisting he's actually won and the numbers are wrong because of "massive voter fraud." He refuses to cooperate in the transition to the legitimately elected candidate and won't leave the White House on January 20.

Thanks to these groups, if things like this happen, they should already have a game plan and immediately swing into action to counter Trump's dirty tricks.

This is a refreshing change from the 2004 election, where the nominee seemed paralyzed about how to respond to the Swift Boat slander, as well as in the 2016 election, when the nominee seemed powerless to respond to the document dumps of hacked material.