Cohen fears there will not be a peaceful transition of power if Trump loses in 2020

“My loyalty to Mr. Trump has cost me everything,” Michael Cohen says.

“Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power." https://t.co/ET9vPXqv8x pic.twitter.com/Bt7q0CXz3X

— CNN (@CNN) February 27, 2019

This was the fear that many scholars of extremism and authoritarianism had going into 2016. The structural dynamics have, arguably, only become worse since. This is a far more plausible scenario than many in US would like to believe. Even low level violence can quickly escalate. https://t.co/AHnTprM92O

— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) February 27, 2019

I think we forget how big of a question this was in 2016 — that was never answered because…Trump won https://t.co/2oMrZq5VZ8

— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) February 27, 2019

This seems ominously plausible. We need to start planning for a president claiming that re-election was stolen from him and resisting departure. Another national emergency? https://t.co/tEy5vCwPwb

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) February 28, 2019