2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Recount could lead to civil war/white riots... [View all]Ford_Prefect
(8,202 posts)why were they counted "wrong" in the original tally reported. If there is evidence of criminal activity, or of "adjusted" counts it will also depend on at what level and in what ways the vote was "adjusted" in favor of Trump, and presumably the GOP Senate seats.
Each state will have to account for that. It is both a state and federal crime to interfere with the elections. That may allow some federal response.
The right wing zealots will not approve of any of it since they already believe Obama is not their president and his administration is full of criminals. Whether they take action on the ground is another matter, though if Trump stirs them up it is more likely. If it is clear that the numbers found on the ground dispute the previous tallies there are mechanisms which address this. If the states in question refuse to accept it that is the point of ignition.
It will very much depend on how involved the GOP in those states was in the cooking of the numbers. I suspect they had far more to do with it than the Russians could have. I suspect they have a great deal to protect and will do anything and everything they can to derail a correct count.
I have seen trucks in the street with a huge black "Don't Tread On Me" waving behind it. It resembles the pictures of the ISIS flags on the news and it gave me a very distinct chill when one drove through the lot at my favorite restaurant. My gut reaction was to consider burning it on sight. That reaction is what all this depends on.
They have been told that "we" are the enemy, and they believe it. We are not their enemy. An enemy is someone you kill to make sure you are safe. While it may be necessary to defend against their acting out of fear they are not someone I believe needs to die.
If we also act out of fear then we will lose. The only successful response to fear is the truth.