Midterm election polls suggest Republicans could lose control of the House and Senate. Meanwhile, President Trump, administration officials, and their media cheerleaders are identifying threats and offering scenarios that could justify a show of force or a national emergency declaration, potentially prompting the president to invoke the powerful Insurrection Act.
No president has ever invoked the Insurrection Act in connection with an election, but Trump could be the first. He already seriously considered invoking it twice, first in June 2020 during the George Floyd protests and again in January amid the ICE deportation confrontations and deadly shootings in Minneapolis.
No president has ever invoked the Insurrection Act in connection with an election, but Trump could be the first. He already seriously considered invoking it twice, first in June 2020 during the George Floyd protests and again in January amid the ICE deportation confrontations and deadly shootings in Minneapolis.