Former Trump campaign chairman and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told his podcast viewers that Republicans should take Tuesday night's losses to heart, saying: "The midterms start tonight, and the warning signs are flashing." He observed that "Democrats just flipped two Georgia commissioners," marking "their first statewide wins in 30 years."

Far-right influencer Mike Cernovich (who spawned the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory) tweeted: "Ted Cruz and Mark Levin are walking Trump into impeachments and then prison. 2026 will be a blood bath." MAGA podcaster Jack Posobiec likewise warned that "2026 will be worse if we don't course-correct."

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[–] [S] 251 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (25 children)

Never underestimate what the GQP will do to prevent anything resembling a fair election. They will purge voter registrations by the millions, gerrymander district maps to make them look like spider webs, and make registering and voting damn near impossible.

Republicans will burn the country to the ground to remain in power.

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  • [–] 118 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Don’t forget about rigging the voting machines!!

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Georgia state election rigged by Republican election officials who wiped the servers clean after lawsuit and FBI investigation in 2017.

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/georgia-election-server-wiped-after-suit-filed

    And of course, how can we forget about the Florida count being decided by the SCOTUS in favor of Bush when the count in fact showed Gore winning back in 2000!

    Rigging and cheating elections is nothing new to the repugs.

    And I always thought it should be more telling how the USA is run when you had George Bush, president, father of George Bush, president, but apparently people can't connect the dots.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Or making it a felony if an election candidate ever was fined for jaywalking or some other minor transgression ... perhaps even give them jailtime for it ...

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Whoa whoa whoa we can't ruin young Republican lives over minor transgressions.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    They'll also start a war to remain in power. Fun.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    A foreign war? They can try, but we don't cancel elections for foreign wars, and it won't give maga much of a boost in elections.

    A civil war against Americans?

    I don't think they'd try, but if they did they'd fail. Like not just lose the war, they'd fail to start it.

    Unarmed NG in a handful of cities is about all he can manage. Like, the only group he might be able to get to open fire on crowds is ICE, and even cops hate ICE more than they hate protesters.

    If they thought they could do it, they'd have done did it by now.

    They'll be a last minute desperate attempt, but nothing will materialize

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Thats a pretty optimistic take. Hope you're right, for everyone's sake.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    It's not just blind optimism...

    There a lot, like a mind-blowing amount, of various reasons the US would be impossible to occupy, especially by a domestic force.

    Like even protests, if they start cracking down we can just spread out.

    Stop making protest happen downtown, and spread them out in the suburbs all around the city.

    Spread the cops too thin, they'll be too scared to do anything. Especially if protesters have vest and rifles.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Republicans will burn the country to the ground to remain in power.

    Why would they want to do this when each election they have a 50% fair chance of winning? The current system is as perfect for them as it could be, they cycle in power periodically through legal means

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    The GQP doesn't have anywhere near a 50% chance of winning unless they cheat, get activist judges to change existing laws, and flagrantly break the remaining laws. Because who's going to stop them, the Supreme Court?

    Most Republican states have made voting harder since 2020.

    Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They won elections a year ago, the chance is indeed 50%

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    The Republicans have literally rigged the game and are making sure they are dealt winning hands, but your feelings tell you elections are completely legitimate and there's "a 50% fair chance of winning".

    You completely ignored my comment, deny shared reality and supporting facts, then repeat the exact same nonsense. Are you Maga?

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