@LabSpokane The midterms are about congress (and various state and local offices). There’s fortunately no modern history of either branch of congress failing to recognize election outcomes and seating actual certified winners. That could change, but it’s not something that there’s any reason to believe will happen this year.
@mattblaze @LabSpokane What scares me about this congress is the GOP “retirement” system. When Republicans retire or get voted out of office, there are cushy jobs waiting for them in think tanks and corporate boards that pay hundreds of thousands of dollars. Those jobs are not available to repubs that aren’t team players. Susan Collins is the poster child for the practical results of this system. Collins only votes against her party when it doesn’t matter.