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Threat of stationing immigration agents around voting locations has become a concern as it can be a deterrent to legal residents of color who are concerned they may be harassed by federal agents

The White House refused to rule out following through on the threat of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents being sent out to “surround the polls” when voters cast ballots in this November’s midterm elections as a way of depressing Democratic turnout and boosting chances of Republican victories in the House of Representatives and Senate.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday said she could offer “no guarantee” that ICE personnel would not be stationed at polling sites when Americans are in the process of choosing whether to extend the Republican stranglehold on power at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

She had been asked about former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s recent call for Trump to deploy ICE around election sites on his War Room podcast on Tuesday, just days after Trump himself called for a Republican “takeover” of vote-counting in Democratic-led states and municipalities.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Well I guess we’re going to be exercising our second amendment rights because that’s tyranny.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Fucking brown shirts

[–] BigTuffAl@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Why is she so obsessed with getting ICE agents killed?

[–] DronePirate@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BigTuffAl@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Escalate how? They don't hold the flyover sovereign and they are actively losing control of territory. Their navy is spent and overspending, the national guard has its fucking jugular hanging open in every small town, and they're about to commit the army to Iran. If all they have is ICE and CPB they are going to have a very bad time.

[–] itistime@infosec.pub 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Gear up, the hopefools will learn too late.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Can't guarantee I won't communicate with my community to show up to the polling stations with a large group of armed citizens to ensure we can vote safely without the interference of terrorists.

Doesn't stop them from ratfucking the votes after they're submitted, but hey, gotta do what we can.

[–] itistime@infosec.pub 3 points 10 hours ago

I hear ya, but consider that will make a VERY tense situation that will likely deter voters from engaging.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Every voter come armed.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 14 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

How the fuck did we get to a point where it's normal for the government to say these things?

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago
[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Conservatives stopped respecting our Constitution and our nation as a whole.

But they're pretty good at showing up to vote, unlike many other Americans. That, combined with our electoral system being a joke and designed to allow a minority to have control, and you've got our current situation.

[–] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Thats not a warning intended to keep the public safe, it's a threat intended to get the public to give up on democracy

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 7 points 12 hours ago

That's atrocious.

[–] Biffsbraincell@lemmy.zip 22 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

Republicans have stolen every presidential election they've won since 2000. There haven't been consequences yet, and the future won't be any different unless we stand up.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

They tried damn hard to steal the ones they lost as well, and know that because of the last year they may not get voted for, for another couple decades. They know they can't win, so they are abandoning democracy.

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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I got PTO, i don't mind protecting people and staying at the voting place all day to protect them from the ICE thugs taking them to a concentration camp.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Problem is people won't show if they fear ICE will attest yhem, even if they are citizens as ICE has already proven.

Its intimidation

[–] AccoSpoot@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Can't guarantee that antifa won't be around polling locations...

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The very act of floating this idea is election fraud. Even if they don't do it, threatening to do it could discourage voters.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We can offer no guarantee that democrat voters won't be harmed, detained or even murdered while voting.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

Republican voters are probably gonna get harassed, arrested, or killed too if they happen to not be white. Then there will be outcry from Republicans who were perfectly fine with it happening to democrats

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Democratic leadership is sleepwalking us into a permanent state of authoritarian rule.

[–] French75@slrpnk.net 24 points 1 day ago

That's not fair. They are still working super hard to disarm the people in blue states.

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[–] TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Obviously.

This is obviously where it was going.

From day one, from the first lie, to the arming of his own private army, this has been the goal. Obviously.

Americans will be surprised, of course. As always.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago

"Back when it was step 3, all the alarmists were warning me about how bad step 10 will be. Now that we're at step 7, the logical thing to do is continue to accuse people of being alarmist."

  • 9 out of 10 Americans (real Americans)
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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (4 children)

When Obama ran, local organizations rented vans and escorted people to and from polls.

We can do it again if needed.

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[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

You know Jan 6 rioters with guns and pipe bombs who attacked officers got pardon.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago

And employment.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh no what happens if ICE agents around polling locations are shot dead.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Everyone else at the polling place leaves and probably doesn't come back.

Polling location(maybe others) are now closed for public safety from the radical left Democrats.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It can't be guaranteed that an ICE jackass won't be shipped to the local junkyard.

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[–] Should_Have_Done_Better@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Sounds like a good reason to pretend to support their bullshit and go vote against it anyway.....register independent then vote however

The declaration of party only helps metrics not the actual outcome of the vote

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

If you register independent that prevents you from participating in the large party primaries in many (most/all?) states. You can only vote in the primary for your registered party. So that also locks you out of at least attempting to prevent the Democrats from incessantly fielding dumbass GOP-lite candidates like they've been doing.

Theoretically if you register as Republican that also allows you to surreptitiously torpedo their worst candidates in their primaries, but it's unlikely we'll get enough trolls on board to swing the needle meaningfully with that strategy.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I’m sure it doesn’t matter what party you register as, but this is purely racist.

They’re not saying they’ll interfere with elections but they may kidnap anyone who looks like an undocumented immigrant who shouldn’t vote. Generally that’s been people with brown skin.

As a white person who is registered Democrat, I wouldn’t be worried at all. However if I were Hispanic or otherwise not obviously white, I sure as hell would be, and may decide I can’t risk voting

This is exactly what Black Panthers tried to solve half a century ago

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Or differently sounds like a good reason to have black panthers show up and watch ice

[–] Saljid@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is what Hitler's SA did, so that's to be totally expected.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 12 hours ago

It's sad how accurate this is...

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Alright fuck it I'll be the one to take the blame. If any federal agent steps into a voting zone for your state they are illegally manipulating voting as they have no rights to be there. If you see a federal agent heckling or trying to sway people trying to vote, it is a matter of national security and you should be covered by your civic duties to shoot and kill the theat to your country. Period.

The law strictly states that the federal government has no jurisdiction at a poll, it is state run. If one shows up it is an attack on your states rights, and interferening with your election, thus defined as an insurrection attempt. Every member involved should be tried for treason, punishable by death, or life in prison. (Maybe less, but let them find out)

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