To get rid of him. For good and all.
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2024
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After exporting Trumps all over the world America is getting a Trump of their own.
It is more than the GOP/Trump not liking the "American" way of government. I don't know anyone who particularly likes it. It is because they are opposed to the very idea of democracy.
I just want to be super rude to him. "Because the assassin missed. It's not like you are going to respect the results anyway. The demographics that were against you in 2020 have only gotten worse."
In days long ago, one could dismiss such rhetorical musings as fantasy. Then Jan 6th happened, and all that followed, including the GOP falling in behind.
This anti-democratic cult must be crushed.
Yeah, but this time he doens't control the army. I'm not nearly as worried if he's not in power while executing his coup. The republican traitors in congress would have gone along wtih it if he managed to pull of Jan 6th and he would have weeded out any general who wasn't a Trump nut-job right after he delayed the transfer of power. It's really was scary as shit.
They aren't banking on a military coup d'état, they want to delay and obfuscate until their crooked Supreme Court can award them the presidency, then start passing legislation that allows red states to do whatever they want with regards to elections. All this "never vote again" stuff is literal, the GOP wants to take advantage of the fact that there are more red states and that gives them unbalanced voting power, then stuff those governments with loyal cronies.
All this because Lincoln was killed and we subsequently fucked up Reconstruction. Should have changed the rules back to protect citizens instead of land.
True, however Trump is turning into an icon now. He will become the dust of history. What he leaves behind is not only a dangerous idea, but a party organisation willing to pursue extreme ideology. Plus almost half the country either disinterested or absolutely fine with it
Trump doesn't even want to win an election. He wants Jan 6th v2.
I just hope, for our children's sake, that they attempt their little temper tantrum on the actual date of Jan 6th again. So kids of the future only have one date to remember in history class while they're reading about the failed attempt to turn America into a fascist nation.
Because dumbfucks like him are not qualified to run the show
Not that it makes it much more clear, but he's talking about the nomination. He's saying Harris didn't have to go through a traditional primary, so... either he's saying a) retroactively he shouldn't have had to either, or b) since he won the primaries, and Harris didn't have to... then he should just automatically be president and skip the whole "election where are people can vote" thing.
Probably he meant both, that he shouldn't have to go through a primary or national election. He should just get to hand-pick a poll and get his crown.
Man is that fucking cheeto scared.
so you can hopefully lose the election a second time, and the popular vote a third time.
They're intentionally saying this to cast doubt and challenge the election results, no matter how badly they lose.
If we can't get some of them to turn their conspiracy theory around and establish faith in our fair election process, then we're going to be dealing with this forever and ever.
Bush v. Gore was the end of democracy for us it turns out. That set a precedent we're not able to recover from today.
Bush v. Gore was the end of democracy for us it turns out. That set a precedent we’re not able to recover from today.
No less than three of Bush's lawyers are on SCOTUS now, BTW.
Their reward for being good puppets of the heritage foundation :(
Yep. They are preparing the ground for another putsch. Trump's not legally eligible to hold the office, so maybe he has a point...
He should be disqualified for even acting like he’s going to be a dictator. If you can’t understand the point of democracy, you’re not qualified to be President.
He is disqualified as per the 14th amendment and the legal fact found in Colorado that he engaged in insurrection. But it needs court enforcement.
Not only is he disqualified, but his question about having an election shows his ignorance of the US Constitution itself which states there will be an election for President every four years. Elections for Senators and House Members are also laid out. Maybe like read the foundational document of law for the country you claim you want to run, Weird Orange?
He confused octane with percent after dispensing himself a tall glass of premium that day.
Pretty sure that was “leaded”, because “Muh Rights”…
Even Russia pretended to have an election.
Even Best Korea makes everyone fill out a ballot paper
pro-tip: If you don't want to be called a fascist, don't say fascist shit.
https://protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PD_County-Cert-WP_v03.1.pdf
Trump and his MAGA flying monkeys (who are not nearly as addled in the head as he himself is) have every intention of disrupting the counting and certification of votes in as many jurisdictions as possible in order to throw the election to the House (one state, one vote) or SCOTUS. When he questions "why are we having an election" it's because he's trying to stop us from having elections under his dictatorship and is floating the idea in advance to normalize it.
This is why he's going to keep repeating that he's winning by absurd margins. He'll have Magoos convinced that it was an obviously stolen election because "how could he have won 90+% of votes in polls but still lose???"
Precisely to stop people like you, Donald.
Toddler crying face.
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