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Dictator calls for his Party to control elections, Nationalize he says
This has to be proof that he knows nothing of the Constitution, that he is utterly mad, that he is a clear and present danger to our democracy and should be in a padded cell. And do we hear any response from members of the party formerly known as the GOP,,,, we have not. Please mark March 28 on your calendar. 20 million people will be marching to stop the steal, of our country.
This has to be proof that he knows nothing of the Constitution, that he is utterly mad, that he is a clear and present danger to our democracy and should be in a padded cell. And do we hear any response from members of the party formerly known as the GOP,,,, we have not. Please mark March 28 on your calendar. 20 million people will be marching to stop the steal, of our country.
@Mona. You are right. He doesn’t deserve padding. But how can all this be allowed to go to its obvious conclusion? It’s money for the few and green lighting people’s hatred for the many. Apparently that’s all it takes to bring down our (flawed) system.
Assuming that there will continue to be elections run with voters filling out ballots what's the over-under in the prediction markets that these voting sites will be manned by ICE and/or border patrol and/or proud boys and so forth even if this wackadoodle's idea gets no traction?
Have I mentioned lately how much disgust I have for this turd and nearly the entire GOP (I like Liz & Adam)?
One way or another the regime is not going to lose the midterms. And it’s likely that at some point as he becomes more out of control,,,,, the powers behind the throne will take matters into their own hands and place in the White House some figurehead that they can control completely. The powers are feeling like this is their moment and they are not gonna miss this opportunity to seize complete control. The orange guy was useful till he wasn’t.
\\ 'Trump is now calling for “nationalizing” the midterms, meaning to put voting and the counting of votes under his administration’s control. He can’t do that, but his demand is a clear sign that he will not accept the public’ s verdict in November. 'So it’s just being realistic to say that MAGA will try, somehow, to prevent voters from having their say. Will ICE try to prevent blue districts from voting? If that fails, will they reject the results, in a midterm version of Jan. 6? Call me alarmist, but remember: The alarmists have been right, and the people telling us to calm down have been wrong, every step of the way.'
Trump’s comments raise concerns about potential efforts to rig the November midterm elections
Donald Trump suggested on a conservative podcast released on Monday that Republican state officials “take over” and “nationalize” elections in 15 states to protect the party from being voted out of office. Trump framed the issue as a means to prevent undocumented immigrants from voting. Claims that noncitizens are voting in numbers that can affect an election are a lie. But it raises concerns about potential efforts by the president to rig the November midterm elections.
Trump said of immigrants: “If Republicans don’t get them out, you will never win another election as a Republican.” Trump said that immigrants “were brought” to the United States to vote, “and they vote illegally. And the, you know, it’s amazing that the Republicans aren’t tougher on it. The Republicans should say: ‘We want to take over.’ We should take over the voting in at least many – 15 places – the Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
“We have states that are so crooked – and they’re counting votes – we have states that I won, that show I didn’t win,” Trump continued. “Now, you’re going to see something in Georgia, where they were able to get with a court order the ballots. You’re going to see some interesting things coming out.”
Trump’s comments to Dan Bongino, the podcast host and short-lived former deputy director of the FBI, come less than a week after FBI agents served a criminal search warrant to obtain nearly 700 boxes of ballots and other election material from Fulton county, Georgia, long a target of Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Trump reportedly held a short phone call with the agents, alongside the national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard, to congratulate them as the raid concluded.
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, a Democrat, responded to Trump’s comments on Tuesday. “That statement alone makes clear that this threat to our election security, the basic premise of our democracy, is forward looking, to 2026, to 2028,” he said. “This is about whether these same tactics we’re seeing now, or worse, will be used to disrupt free and fair elections.”
Voting is not a national process in the US: the constitution gives each state the responsibility to govern its elections. Congress can make laws to safeguard the constitutional rights of voters to preserve one-person-one-vote standards and prevent discrimination, but the federal government does not manage elections apparatuses.
Trump’s remarks also come as Congress considers several bills that would have a significant impact on US elections. Anna Paulina Luna, a representative from Florida, led an effort by a group of Republicans to add the Save America Act to the spending bill necessary to end the government shutdown, but the effort failed.
The act would require proof of citizenship – not just a driver’s license – when registering to vote or updating voter registration. It also largely outlaws mail-in voter registration and government-funded voter registration drives, and would charge elections officials with a felony if they register a voter without citizenship documentation, even if that voter is a citizen.
An earlier version passed in the House but has stalled in the Senate. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York described the legislation as a “poison pill” if added to the spending bill as an amendment.
A more strident elections bill, the Make Elections Great Again Act, was introduced last week by Bryan Steil, a Republican representative from Wisconsin. In addition to the provisions of the Save America Act, the legislation would outlaw ranked-choice voting and universal vote-by-mail, require all mailed ballots to be at an election office before polls close, restrict third parties from helping voters and create a national elections auditing system.
Comment: Well, they're certainly trying, aren't they. Those BASTARDS are trying to invalidate MY vote.
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Assuming that there will continue to be elections run with voters filling out ballots what's the over-under in the prediction markets that these voting sites will be manned by ICE and/or border patrol and/or proud boys and so forth even if this wackadoodle's idea gets no traction?
Have I mentioned lately how much disgust I have for this turd and nearly the entire GOP (I like Liz & Adam)?
\\ 'Trump is now calling for “nationalizing” the midterms, meaning to put voting and the counting of votes under his administration’s control. He can’t do that, but his demand is a clear sign that he will not accept the public’ s verdict in November.
'So it’s just being realistic to say that MAGA will try, somehow, to prevent voters from having their say. Will ICE try to prevent blue districts from voting? If that fails, will they reject the results, in a midterm version of Jan. 6? Call me alarmist, but remember: The alarmists have been right, and the people telling us to calm down have been wrong, every step of the way.'
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
Trump’s comments raise concerns about potential efforts to rig the November midterm elections
Comment: Well, they're certainly trying, aren't they. Those BASTARDS are trying to invalidate MY vote.