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Charles Fried: This is what would be the coup d`etat, because these gerrymandered state legislatures in all the swing states…

On the recordJuly 6, 2022
This is what would be the coup d`etat, because these gerrymandered state legislatures in all the swing states -- Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia would then be able to send the electors they choose, not the electors chosen by the people and there is nothing that could be done about it.
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Charles Fried
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Charles Fried warns about the implications of gerrymandering and its potential to undermine democratic elections.

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