If anybody was unsure about Donald Trump’s plans to remain in power regardless of the election outcome, he put those doubts to rest yesterday. Refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after November’s election, the president put all his cards on the table: “There won’t be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation.”

The question we now need to ask is not whether Trump and his Republican allies are planning on doing everything in their power to steal the election, but who can stop them.

According to the Democratic Party establishment, the answer is clear: the system itself will preserve democracy. When asked in June about Trump’s authoritarian machinations, Joe Biden replied, “I promise you, I’m absolutely convinced [the military] will escort him from the White House with great dispatch.”