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lesuorac 3 hours ago

We're talking about the same guy that sent a second slate of electors for the 2020 election.

The same guy that told the government of Georgia to add 10,000 votes to his total so he'd win.

The same guy that received 0 punishment for either action.

Why wouldn't he try something for the mid-terms?

epistasis 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Of course Trump will try something outrageous that would result in prison time for any other person. But I think that the states are also still independent, mostly ruled by law rather than man, and there's limited troop power to interfere.

Trump is not all powerful, unless everybody gives up their power. Not everybody is as weak as the SV elite, and the failures of Big Law and others that bent the knee were very instructive to everybody else. Bowing down to the king makes you his servant, but it does not protect you in any way.

spwa4 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Let's hope next year we laugh about this with the question with "And why did he have any expectation it was going to work?".

wheelerwj 2 hours ago | parent [-]

No man, thats not going to fly. No one ever got anything done by just hoping. Get started now.

1-more an hour ago | parent [-]

Started doing what? Distributing Maoist literature and rifles, or donating to Act Blue, or something in the middle?

skywhopper 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, and Georgia refused. American elections are a lot more complicated than you seem to believe. There’s plenty to worry about in specific locations, but the federal government has no direct control over any of the voting processes or policies.

bryanlarsen 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The Federal government has some direct control and lots of indirect control. Relevant right now is the horrible Save America act.

malfist 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It doesn't. This is a power specifically granted to states. The Save America act is unconstitutional.

lamontcg 39 minutes ago | parent [-]

More than half the SCOTUS is corrupt and bought off, and the Republican Party in congress is just rubber-stamping what Trump wants. I don't have a lot of faith in the word "unconstitutional" anymore.

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FireBeyond 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> The same guy that received 0 punishment for either action.

and

> but the federal government has no direct control over any of the voting processes

Coming soon, to polling booths near you, "random" ICE activity.

gdulli 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Well he and his people are far too stupid and incompetent to have come close to succeeding. While it's not great that there was no punishment, we should at least be thankful that they act on emotion and can only loosely follow playbooks for corruption from the past rather than write new ones for modern times.

nemo136 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They still kill a lot of people and, through their actions/inaction, let many others be killed.

Gud 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah so stupid he managed to become president

krapp 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes. He wasn't elected for his intellect, because Americans don't trust intellect. He was elected for his attitude and personality.

xbar 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I am surprised to see that this kind of complacency remains.

The corruption competence of this body of actors is as impressive as it is horrific.