Weekly Roundup: The 8-Week Plan to Delegitimize the Midterms Between Election Day and January 3 (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

The midterms are Tuesday. The fight over whether they count may start the moment polls close.

Between Election Day and January 3, 2027, when the new Congress is sworn in, there are eight weeks. Right-wing media and political operatives are already building two narratives to fill that time: 

• “Non-citizens voted.” Hundreds of right-wing accounts and outlets have published thousands of statements questioning the election’s integrity, and the focus has shifted to non-citizen voting. The initial claims are huge. When the numbers are actually checked, they shrink dramatically, but the corrections rarely reach the audience that heard the big number. 
• “Some winners can’t be seated.” Trump, Sen. Bernie Moreno, and Rep. Keith Self have each argued that certain elected Democrats, including Muslim candidates and DSA-aligned candidates, are ineligible to serve. The same idea appears in Center for Renewing America materials tied to Russ Vought. 

Why it matters: a religious test for office isn’t just an insult to the people targeted. If this plan works, voters’ choices get overridden, and Muslims and others get branded as unfit to hold office.

In this video, Brad Onishi and Dan Miller walk through the evidence, show what’s being said in public, and explain what to watch for between November 3 and January 3. 

Chapters:

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:09 What to expect on Tuesday
• 5:55 The “non-citizens voted” campaign
• 10:24 Why the courts may respond faster this time
• 19:00 The plan not to seat Democrats
• 22:16 Trump, Moreno, and Keith Self on who can serve
• 29:00 Sen. Chris Murphy on CNN
• 41:00 Hegseth’s spiritual advisor
• 49:00 Netanyahu’s election fraud claims
• 51:00 Trump and men’s bodies
• 1:01:00 Reasons for hope

Interview: 

https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/the-8-week-plan-to-delegitimize-the