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Keith Fitzgerald
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Negotiator. Conflict Advisor.
Former Harvard Negotiation Project
Former Kennedy School & NUS Lecturer
Managing Director, Sea-Change Partners
Co-author, "Negotiating Hostage Crises with the New Terrorists"
Photographer

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He just wants enough violence to declare a state of emergency (there won't be, but he will anyway). He wants the SoE (and maybe invoke the Insurrection Act) so he can then use the powers he will have under it/them to disrupt the elections.

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency
A vast array of obscure presidential powers spans everything from the military to criminal law, and some are ripe for abuse. They need to be reexamined.
www.brennancenter.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM
He just wants enough violence to declare a state of emergency (there won't be, but he will anyway). He wants the SoE (and maybe invoke the Insurrection Act) so he can then use the powers he will have under it/them to disrupt the elections.
January 15, 2026 at 8:11 AM
This, of course, is the plan.

Trump wants enough violence in blue cities and states to declare a state of emergency in time to rig/disrupt the mid-terms. We know this. They have shown us this is their plan.
January 15, 2026 at 6:32 AM