Cassidy Hutchinson, the former staffer in the Trump White House who became outspoken regarding her experiences there, particularly in the context of the violence and other events of January 6, 2021, is warning of what she sees as the threats of another four years as president for Donald Trump.
At present, the seemingly most likely scenario is Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden facing each other again in next year’s general election. Both are clearly leading by massive margins in their respective political parties’ ongoing primaries, and there’s been no clear sign of imminent detention or other incapacitation affecting Trump from one of his criminal cases… yet.
“When we think about this next election in 2024, I don’t like to play a doomsday hypothesis, but it does look like he is going to be the Republican nominee as of right now,” Hutchinson observed. “If Donald Trump is elected president again in 2024, I do fear that it will be the last election where we’re voting for democracy.”
Trump, for his part, has stayed relatively consistent since leaving office in his antagonism towards what are in reality the basic processes of conducting elections in the U.S. He infamously once suggested just setting aside at least portions of the Constitution to the point that would allow him to regain the presidency before next year’s election even happens. He’s still clamoring about wanting to use draconian, sweeping force against immigrants. And he’s essentially publicly fantasized about serious consequences for various political opponents of his, having recently insisted that prosecutors like Jack Smith and others would end up detained in a mental institution.
In the criminal case against Trump over his conduct around January 6, Smith’s team has been pushing for the reinstatement of a gag order blocking certain public attacks from the former president, with concerns like potential impacts on witnesses. A three-judge panel on a federal appeals court looked likely to in general terms uphold the previously established but temporarily suspended order after oral arguments this week.
.@casshutchinson_: “If Donald Trump is elected president again in 2024, I do fear that it will be the last election where we’re voting for democracy.” pic.twitter.com/xlDXRwVfoN
— Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) November 21, 2023
