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toomuchtodo 5 hours ago

You mean where the sitting president said they were going to try to rig the midterms?

> Provide reputable sources, we can discuss it.

His Truth Social account is public. Do we agree that is a reputable source?

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/trum...

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RickJWagner 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The article you’ve provided clearly says Trumps dialogue is not to be taken literally. ( It does say there are other ways the election might be tinkered with, but these are for another discussion. )

I don’t find that article to be particularly worrying.

	▲	hackyhacky 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> I don’t find that article to be particularly worrying. The issue is not the article, but the president's own words. Do you find it concerning that the president has expressed a desire to cancel elections? Or do you think he was joking? Follow-up question: was/is he joking about building the wall, mass deportations, eliminating birthright citizenship, or running for a third term?
	▲	margalabargala 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That's not what the article says. It says Trump needs the appearance of winning elections, so cancelling is an empty threat. Manufacturing the appearance of winning is the not-empty threat, rather is what TFA is chronicling.