Lincoln Square: What If MAGA Simply Refuses to Seat the Winners? Strategy Session w/ Rick Wilson & Stuart Stevens

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Premiered May 14, 2026 #trump #politics #democracy

Rick Wilson raises the nightmare scenario for 2026: what happens if Republicans lose House seats — and Mike Johnson simply refuses to seat the winners?

From voter-fraud pretexts to Cleta Mitchell’s so-called “Election Integrity” network, Rick, Stuart Stevens, and Joe Trippi dig into the machinery MAGA is building to contest, delay, and delegitimize the next election. The danger is not just Election Day. It’s everything that happens after.

[SSJVegeta]

1. The losers terms expire as well as the speakers term.

A new speaker is decided based on the majority of whoever is left, which would likely be democrats.

But ultimately the outgoing speaker has no power to block newly elected members.

[Escape]

2. With all due respect...

You write that as if we were still a normally functioning Democracy.

If Trump tells them not to seat the winners, they won't seat them. And then we will just have to "see what happens".

[SSJVegeta]

3. Tells who?

[Escape]

4. Election happens...

Democrats win majority
Trump says election rigged, fraud, blah blah blah
Trump directs Johnson and all losing Congressmen to stay in their seats until we can have a"fair" election
99 percent of Republicans support this directive
Newly elected Democrats show up to be sworn in in January
Johnson and Republicans refuse
Altercations arise
Trump sends HIS military in to remove newly elected Democrats
Republicans stay in power

THE END

[SSJVegeta]

5. The law is clear and so are house rules which will not change

Violating those rules wont just spawn a lawsuit that would take weeks to resolve.

It would force local police and the seargent at arms (directed by the newly elected party and clerk) to arrest anybody illegally loitering on the capitol premises.

Could be another January 6, but not even close to likely to succeed. And even Johnson and most house Republicans arent stupid enough to risk their livelihoods over trumps ego with a party so historically unpopular.

[Happy Hoosier]

6. I don't like to catastrophize...

but that's a genuine possibility. I am a bit frightened.