I am very concerned about the 2020 election cycle.

In addition to the on going interference from Russia there is little reason to suspect that other hostile foreign powers will not try to also influence the election. The Administration has made it clear that it intends to do as little as possible on the issue and there are a number of the countries that would seek the advantages of influencing the contests, and not just the presidency. While the 438 individual elections of the House of Representatives is a logistical challenge it would probably be more advantageous of a foreign power to try and effect the balance of powers in the Senate. Given the nature of our system and of the Senate there’s a lot of bang for the buck in influencing those elections.

Beyond interference there is also the very real possibility that we could have an election where the results are outright rejected by one of the parties, and of course I mean Trump. It is not the man’s nature to ever admit a loss, or a failing, or a failure.

Trump made no bones at all before Election Day in 2016 that he would consider a loss to be the result of a ‘rigged’ election. It is one thing for a candidate who had not got their hands on the lever of government to reject a result, but it is quite another thing to possibly have a president refuse to accept defeat in an election. The 2016 contest was decided by a handful of votes in just a few states and even then Trump refused to accept the actual numbers, insisting that his 3 million popular vote floss was a result of fraud, what may he do if this time it is a few thousand votes in a few states that elects his opponent?

I really doubt he would meekly accept the loss and leave, as he should.

What happens in that constitutional crisis, a type we in this country have never experienced? In confronting Trump core supporters the Republican Party have shown all the spine of amoeba. In such a hypothetical I have grave concerns about their ability to due their duty.