The Democratic senator Ruben Gallego has proposed that, should Donald Trump try to sabotage the midterm elections, Americans should respond with a general strike that would “grind the country to a halt”.

Earlier this week the US president called for Republicans to “take over” and “nationalise” voting in at least 15 unspecified locations, repeating his false claims that elections are plagued by widespread fraud.

On Thursday Gallego, a senator for Arizona and an Iraq war veteran, warned that Trump could seek to interfere with the November midterms that will determine control of Congress – and urged citizens to fight fire with fire.

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[–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well then why didn't we grind the country to a halt over Palestine or Epstein or ICE or Venezuela or Greenland? Those things were WAY the fuck more impactful to the working class than your bullshit ass elections! It's easy to see that the only thing that makes this "special" to the Democratic Party is that those spineless fucks would actually get fucked this time around.

Edit: to be explicit:

  • Of course we should do a general strike! We should do way more than a general strike!

  • If the Democrats actually manage to organize an actual general strike (which they won't), then of course we should still do the general strike.

  • Whatever we do, general strike or otherwise, the working class must usurp control of the movement from the Democrats and make sure the Democratic Establishment is not allowed to direct it or be a part of it. E.g. if any of these Democratic Party fucks show up to the general strike, make them fuck off because they have shown themselves to be working for their faction of capital against the working class, and we're not gonna buy their bullshit capitalist narratives.

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