MAGA has tipped their hand about how they'll try to steal the midterms

Key Points:

• Conservative columnist David French warns that Missouri's recent redistricting controversy, involving Secretary of State Denny Hoskins defying court orders to implement a fair map, signals how Republicans may attempt to undermine democracy in the upcoming midterm elections.
• Hoskins was found to have engaged in willful disobedience but avoided contempt charges after eventually complying with court rulings, narrowly averting a fraudulent election scenario.
• The incident reflects broader concerns that former President Trump and his allies plan to manipulate election rules, including potentially declaring a national emergency to alter voting procedures ahead of the 2026 midterms.
• Voting rights advocates, such as Dan Vicuña of Common Cause, criticize these efforts as attempts to maintain Republican power by circumventing democratic norms and imposing illegal federal overreach, including efforts to nationalize election administration through the USPS.
• Legal challenges are underway against such executive actions, emphasizing that the USPS lacks statutory authority to serve as a national election administrator and that some attempts to impose strict voter ID laws have already been struck down.