In a recent, completely unhinged social media rant, Trump promised that “there will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!” Obviously, Trump can’t do that, but he may think he can because of a ridiculous claim that there’s hidden language in the U.S. Constitution that vests electoral power in the federal government… which was discovered by a retired hotel manager in Florida.

• As election scholar Rick Hasen pointed out, John N. Goodman, a retired hotel manager in Florida, recently claimed he was looking at a microfilm copy of the original Constitution and found “a faded shadow” of text that says the federal government has electoral power over the states in certain circumstances.
• The “research” was shared with anti-voting activist Steve Stern — who hosts the popular MAGA podcast Stern American — who then shared it with MyPillow CEO and election conspiracist Mike Lindell, who in turn met with Trump to share the find.
• Trump’s post noted that he has “searched the depths of legal arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the near future.” Could this be the “irrefutable” legal argument Trump plans to present soon?

 

Isn’t this the plot of National Treasure?