Curt Prendergast: This could be a rough week

Brace yourself for a rough couple of weeks.

To be clear, I don’t think the world will end this week. As Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts writes in today’s paper, the results of the election could threaten the future of democracy, but there won’t be foreign troops in Akron and electricity will still work in Kansas City.Here’s what I expect will happen: Lake, Hamadeh, and Finchem will continue to follow Trump’s 2020 playbook and unleash whatever lies or half-truths about fraud serve their purpose.

If Lake, Hamadeh, and Finchem are losing on election night, they likely will claim widespread fraud and create chaos. Mainstream news outlets will try to figure out what’s happening, while right-wing outlets trumpet anything that could possibly be connected to fraud. Every few minutes, another bit of news will pop up. Social media will erupt a thousand different ways. Trump will call for an investigation of votes in Arizona.

The conspiracy theories will scare the pants off voters. Lake, Hamadeh, and Finchem will point to that fear as evidence their lies are true. If they take their claims to court, the next few weeks will be consumed with the ins and outs of frivolous lawsuits. Keep in mind that judges threw out 60-some lawsuits filed by Trump and his supporters after the 2020 election. Many of those judges were not amused by the ridiculous claims and lack of evidence presented to them.

The worst-case scenario would be if losing candidates call for violence to somehow protect the integrity of the election. As we saw with the assault of Paul Pelosi and the attack on the Capitol, misguided individuals are ready to commit political violence. Lake’s wink at the Pelosi attack during a recent campaign event, which sparked laughter from her supporters, is an ominous sign of what could happen.

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