@mattblaze @dominykas Again, I agree that Trump as the executive branch is not legally capable.

But a. Trump does not adhere to rule of law (think of ICE agents happening to run around Latin neighbourhoods in Arizona).
B. He has accomplices and allies in the local/state legal "playgrounds"

@mattblaze @dominykas I mean - think of a scenario where one of the officials in the elections committee in Mariposa county (a Trumpist) insists that there was a miscount?

This will fuel all conspiracists, and Jan 6th would be a walk in the park.

@mattblaze @dominykas I mean, a bit of voter suppression in purple counties (with much better information about who to target befause of state records), a bit of making sure some district has a huge "mistrust" in the mechanism, so you add one Trumpist to the board to "prove you have nothing to hide" (the logical thing to do in general, and wrongest in these adversarial settings), could fuel more conspiracy theories. >>>

@mattblaze @dominykas Top that with the inuerent fragility and unstability of the US elections from outcome perspective (where a voter in Georgia has a much greater impact on the outcome than the voter in California), topped with a bit of history of gerrymandering, voter suppression and all the "goodies" that you are much more qualified than any of us to list, and the collaboration of Trumpists in local/state level, does projects instability >>>

@mattblaze @dominykas Matt - first of kudos for your patience and for your long years of expertise in the topic (and the fact you engage with the public).

As an outside observer (not from the US, so certainly cannot appreciate all the intrinsic issues for the US), I think that the sentiment fueling the fear is based on things people see ICE (or similar schenenigans). The federal gov't seems to operate ICE outside the local law in many places, not adhering to the rule of law >>>