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Trump doubles down on canceling elections (thenationalwired.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/antitrumpalliance@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 10 months ago (9 children)

He cannot cancel elections. Elections are state run, congresspeople’s terms still end, and there is no law that says otherwise. We can just go the fuck ahead without him.

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  • [–] 42 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

    While you are correct, on paper, what you're describing is just some words on a paper that this administration absolutely does not give a single shit about.

    We've never seen anything like what's happening here in the states before. Never. This hasn't happened once in the history of the country.

    But it has happened in similar ways in other countries. Using those as an example, we should be very, very, very concerned that he's absolutely going to cancel the midterms somehow. I guarantee it.

    And if I'm wrong, then thank fucking god. I'd absolutely love to be wrong about this.

    But world history says otherwise.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Attempting to cancel elections? That's happened before just not in "modern history".

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Sorry, yes, parts of this have happened in US history, but not all at once, and not with an openly authoritarian and fascist regime in charge of all 3 branches of the government at the same time, which has made wildly sweeping changes to both our internal policies and also our disposition with our partners around the world.

    Nothing like this has ever happened in US history, so we should be very careful about trusting that the "rules of norm" will be followed going forward.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    He can do it by declaring a bullshit emergency. He’s been trying to get people to riot in the streets so he can say the democrats are terrorists and therefore a free and fair election is impossible at this time. It hasn’t worked yet but the temperature is getting turned up with the Minnesota shooting.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    No he can't, midterms are state. He can say he's a teacup but it won't make it true and he can say there's no election and yet there's no mechanism for the Feds to stop it without outright violence.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    If there is anything we have learnt from the last few years is that any norm any rule or any law will be broken by Trump. What we are seeing in Minnesota is the FBI taking over from the state because federal agencies have power over the states. Trump controls the FBI, CIA, ICE, National Guard. Mark my words, those midterms will be cancelled unless you deal a massive defeat to Trump now. General Strike.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Yeah, if he canceled the midterms there'd be a lot of State turmoil. It would probably end the United States as we know it and break us up into smaller countries. Been waiting for that kind of outcome forever but not exactly like this.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Okay and when he refuses to honour those elections? What then? He tried to overthrow the government last time he was told to leave. This time he IS the government. He isn't leaving.

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