'Nightmare scenario': Expert shows how latest Georgia moves could hand presidency to Trump
Recent activity in the state of Georgia could wrongfully hand the 2024 election to Donald Trump, according to a voting rights expert.
Ari Berman, Mother Jones' national voting rights correspondent, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to discuss the situation in Georgia, where far-right MAGA allies have been throwing wrenches into the gears of the state's vote-counting processes. Requiring extensive reviews and hand-counted ballots are among the MAGA proposals that could delay the vote being certified.
The host, Jonathan Capehart, asked Berman, "How could delaying the results in Georgia hand the presidency to Donald Trump?"
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"So what would happen is that Georgia would not certify its electoral college votes in time," Berman said. "No candidate would get a majority in the electoral college as a result and that would then throw the election to the House of Representatives, which has not happened since 1824."
He continued, saying that "the House would vote, but it would not be a majority of members of the house voting. It would be a majority of state delegations, where Republicans would have an advantage."
"And that is really the nightmare scenario," he added. "You could have a presidential candidate who loses the popular vote, who does not win a majority of the electoral college, but who then could be selected by House Republicans who don't even represent a majority of that body. And it might be a far-fetched scenario, but under the Constitution it is a possible one."