Second, and probably most importantly, it’s tactically wrong. “No point discussing political opposition to fascism, there won’t be elections anyway” cedes victory to your enemies. It’s defeatism and nihilism.
That's not what people are saying when they say that. They're saying we need to start fighting harder NOW. If we wait until midterm elections do or don't happen we are fucked. There's no guarantee the outcome will be favorable anyway and Trump has already alluded to fucking with elections.
I don't see these "scholars and experts" offering much of anything besides telling us to roll over and take it while Trump admin crashes this country into the ground and ruins millions of people's lives. If they think we can wait until midterms to put a stop to this they are part of the problem.