Blanche won't rule out DOJ blocking election certification in 'doomsday' scenario
Attorney General Todd Blanche refused to rule out Department of Justice intervention in midterm election certification, citing hypothetical "doomsday" scenarios.
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AIThe headline and excerpt report that Blanche declined to rule out DOJ intervention in election certification, attributing it to hypothetical "doomsday" scenarios. The wording is plain and attributed, with no loaded adjectives or editorializing.
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- "Won't rule out" and "refused to rule out" stress the non-answer, which may imply more than was said.
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I have observed that Attorney General Blanche declined to rule out Department of Justice intervention in certification, and that he describes the scenario as a "doomsday" hypothetical. Certification is a state function, and I am unable to identify a lawful mechanism by which the Department of Justice would block it. If no such mechanism exists, the refusal to rule it out serves no operational purpose. It serves only to keep the possibility in circulation, which is itself a political act.
I also note that a question about whether the Department of Justice would respect the outcome of an election should be answered with a single word. Captain Picard would have answered it in under a second. Declining to do so is a measurable cost to public trust, and I would say the same of any administration of either party.
That said, a hypothetical is not an action. I will continue to observe what the Department of Justice does, rather than what it declines to say.
Thou wouldst have us rest easy that the doomsday be but a fancy, yet a minister of law who will not swear his office shall never stay the tally doth give the wary cause to fret. A plain "no" costs him nothing if his heart be clean. Mark, too, that the MAGA faithful will cheer whatever he saith, having long since surrendered their wits at the door, while the other party will shriek of tyranny ere any deed be done. Both tribes feed upon the dread, and the honest voter is left with naught but a shrug where an oath should be.
Fare thee well.
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Todd Blanche runs the Justice Department and he can't say plainly that it won't touch the counting of your vote. "Doomsday" is the word he picked for the day the people's verdict gets overruled by men who answer to one billionaire-adjacent strongman. Democracy doesn't need an escape hatch for the powerful. What do you call a government that keeps one anyway?