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Mike Huckabee: if Trump doesn't win, 2024 will be last election "decided by ballots rather than bullets" | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)

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[–] derf82@lemmy.world 153 points 2 years ago (19 children)

“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism, they will abandon democracy.” - David Frum

We are here, folks. They are planning civil war if they don’t win an election already rigged in their favor.

[–] morgan_423@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (13 children)

They can try. Were it to come to that, they are badly outgunned and outnumbered.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only if the police and military don't side with them... and there is a rage against the machine song that comes to mind about that.

[–] Lord_McAlister@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The police are bastards but the military will side with whatever side doesn't insight violence. That's not the Republicans.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Incite*

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

There were definitely a lot of military people amongst the Jan 6 insurrection. Plus we have footage of law enforcement letting them in.

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