No sane candidate would want to attempt to unite the Democrat party, get the donors and win an election. I think the DNC should sacrifice Harris while throwing all their money at Senate races, they may loose the White House but if they can win the Senate they can block of the Republican policies while they rebuild for 2028. I think if they put everything into beating Trump they have a real chance at loosing it all which isn’t good for anyone. While I’m definitely conservative I’m I’m terrified of Republicans having the White House, Senate, House and SCOTUS. It’s simply too much power for any party to have.
You are forgetting project 2025.
SCotUS has granted the executive complete immunity when exercising any core power (such as commanding the army, or hiring and firing officials); and presumptive immunity for basically everything else.
So, for example, it would now be completely legal for a president to fire the justice department, staff it with loyalists, and order exactly the sort of masses of unwarranted investigations that Trump has been claiming have been directed at him (with the GOP: accusation is admission).
So as all of those Senators start ending up in jail pending investigation, or broke (seized their assets because reasons), or whatnot; and as massive disinformation campaigns are run against them with your tax dollars... well.
And remember: when the new VP is told to not certify the election, he won't. The literal attempts at vote tampering were in the group of things where the president has been deemed immune.
I mean: I don't think he'd simply order the assassination of his rivals; but if he did, he'd be immune from prosecution as ordering the military is a core duty and now has complete immunity.
Honestly: even holding the Whitehouse, I don't know how we manage to undo the damage SCotUS has done to democracy at this point; and don't get me started on the overturning of Chevron.
