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Wait, are we still all thinking he'll peacefully leave the white house after the shit he pulled last time?
Maybe he will die
🤞
The thing is, there's no mechanism for nationalizing voting, and I don't really see a clear path for Republicans to do that in the next nine months. They'd have to pass legislation to do that, which would be extremely difficult given their margins in congress. Even then, states control elections as a function of the Constitution, and while the Supreme Court is happy to approve whatever unconstitutional bullshit Trump dreams up, it will take times to get through the courts. He could try to seize control of the voting process from states, but I don't know that he has the infrastructure to manage the whole voting process through the executive branch, and the fact that he's asking the Republicans to do this for him makes me think he knows this. Either way, any kind of coup on the election process would face the same legal challenges as legislation.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't be extremely worried. I think it's unlikely that the Republicans will, "nationalize the voting," but I think it's very likely he'll send federal goons in to, "prevent voter fraud," (AKA suppress the vote).
The Executive Order has been their "clear path" to all sorts of shit they have no right doing.
Yes, but most of those have either not been achieved yet or have only been achieved because they were relatively easy. He tried to abolish the 14th Amendment through EO on day one, and it's just getting to the Supreme Court now. He's been able to illegally dissolve federal agencies because the Republicans in Congress have abdicated their power, and destroying something is much easier than building it.
Even if he signs an EO to take over the elections tomorrow, he'll still face legal challenges that will likely wind up in the Supreme Court, and he'll still need to build out the infrastructure to run these elections federally, something the federal government has never done. I'm not saying that he can't steal the elections, or that we shouldn't be worried, but the idea that he's just going to, "federalize," elections in fifteen states before the midterms seems pretty unlikely.
Quickly: let’s do nothing!!!
Trump’s comments come as Republicans in Congress push a bill that would enable massive voter purges, impose photo ID requirements, and ban ranked-choice voting, universal mail-in ballots, and the acceptance of mailed ballots that arrive after Election Day.
And you just KNOW the Democraps are going to let them have it all too.
I can see Schumer now, giving a forceful floor speech, his fist in the air, half-glasses on the podium, "rest assured, this matter is not concluded!" Then promptly voting yes with a promise from republicans that we'll vote on something else later maybe.
Just imagine the strongly worded posters designed and printed out by interns. Surely they will turn the tide.
The election was quite close in Minnesota, and Harris won it. Of all the states won by the Democrats, Minnesota had the closest margin.
Is his plan as blatant as taking the demographic that voted against him, loading them into a van, and disappearing them?
Why wouldn’t he commit more crimes? He’s been committing crimes with impunity his entire life. Who’s going to stop him?
It'sa me, Luigi!
Surely the guys with big trucks flying Don't Tread on Me flags are against this
They think they'll be doing the treading. They are mistaken, but they won't realize until it's too late to save themselves.
Why? It’s only 15 states and won’t affect the truck nuts crowd.
This is the line. Let's be honest. That's the red line. If he actually crosses that line you should do things that the World mods will ban me for saying. But that's it. That's the point where any semblance of democracy is totally gone. Where even the most neoliberal Democrat has to know that voting no longer means anything. That's the point where you have to make a choice. That would be the final Point wherein there is a line of the sand you either put on the red hat and fall in line or you play back. Some would argue we've already reached that point mind you, but I think that would be the last reasonable line.
Let’s be honest. That’s the red line
There's been many red lines this past year. And this one isn't even a surprise move, it's been claimed loudly semi-continuously for five years now. Yet here we are.
This is the line?
No, this is the goalpost moving.
Anyone who didn't see this coming was either living under a rock or mockingly dismissing everyone telling them it's coming as Russian bots trying to take votes away from Democrats.
Yes, this is the Red Line. We have never suspended elections in this country for any reason, not even during the Civil War. The Midterms are the LAST CHANCE for Democrats to begin to take power back from MAGA legally, and if that last opportunity is stolen, then the only option left is violence.
Canceling elections, for any reason, is a BRIGHT RED LINE, and we must not allow our elected officials to cross that line, or allow our elected officials to look the other way. We have to let them ALL know that the Midterm election will go on as usual, and MAGA will accept the outcome, no matter what it is.
And we have to also let them know that if MAGA cancel elections, and our Dem representatives allow it, they will BOTH suffer in the inevitable violence that will follow. Whether you actively committed treason, or just say back and let it happen, you are equally guilty.
never boo someone for being late to a party, just hand them a beer
SNL this past weekend
This link needs more prominence. Thank you for sharing. Spot on SNL.
There is no way MAGA will accept a Democrat victory in the Midterms, especially if it flips either chamber.
There is no way Trump leaves in 2028.
We ALL already know this in our hearts and our brains. We have to talk about it, and internalize it, and start making contingency plans for those nearly CERTAIN situations.
idk if trump will make it to 2028
There's no way that pants shitting mother fucker makes it to the end of his term.
He's literally falling apart before our eyes and his brain is melting, even the best doctor's in the world can only Frankenstein him together so much.
Yes. Agreed. I've already put contingency plans in place for family, friends.
REPUBLICANS should get Sole Control over who Wins Elections? They MUST Need some FUNDING for that! Let's GIVE it to Them!
-Chuck Schumer (D) and Hakeem Jeffries (D)!
These two idiots shouldn't get anywhere close to a leadership position anywhere. Shift supervisor at the Dollar General is too much for them.
It's long past time for the MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries to get the hook and be dragged offstage.
Don't forget to ask for more funding for Democrats so they can continue their fight, this time for reals, honest.
Republican states being robbed of their elections?
I'm sure that those election fanatics will do anything to stop that's right?
FUCKING RIGHT?
Reading the actual quote, he wants to take over the elections but only in 15 states. He's blatantly saying he wants to take over states that Democrats might be able to win, leaving the red states alone.
Here's hoping that people care this time.
It's not that people don't care, ever. Tens of millions of people care.
Unfortunately, their combined "donations" can't keep up with corpo/billionairie "donations", because most of us don't have generations of wealth acquisition to "donate"
Sadly, corporations are people and money is free speech, so what can you do? Supreme Court was "court of last resort", it's over.
Clarence got a new motor home though, so that's nice. Every cloud has a silver lining
He's been saying this kind of thing all along, either canceling or rigging the elections. Why is it only a fire now?
It was a fire the first time and every time since. It'll be a fire next time too. Likely we'll continue the trend of doing nothing about it while we slide deeper into Nazism, cuz that's how murica do.
So far, he's just talked about it, and there's not much that can be done about that, other than talk back. But we all know how he works by now - he floats the idea as a joke a few times, then starts getting serious about it, and then orders Johnson to take action.
So we talk back, and make it crystal clear what the outcome will be if they try it, and it has never been more important than this. We have to make them understand that we will not accept the cancellation of elections under any circumstances.
And we also have to make our elected Dems understand that we will not accept their usual cowardly, weak, feckless behavior. If we are forced to resort to violence because of their cowardice, collaborators like Schumer and Jeffries will be considered enemies of the people as much as any MAGA.
Why would anyone care about this? He already pardoned the people who tried to overthrow our shitty government (because he is a liar, not because I subscribe to his bullshit).
This is only partly ironic. Really, why would they care?
We're going to watch this happen and no one will do anything. At this point the only thing that will stop the billionaires is a war.
A general strike would suffice. Then demands for resumption. Some of those demands should be massive wealth transfer that leaves no billionaires.