politics

Democratic leadership is sleepwalking us into a permanent state of authoritarian rule.

The very act of floating this idea is election fraud. Even if they don't do it, threatening to do it could discourage voters.

When Obama ran, local organizations rented vans and escorted people to and from polls.

We can do it again if needed.

Obviously.

This is obviously where it was going.

From day one, from the first lie, to the arming of his own private army, this has been the goal. Obviously.

Americans will be surprised, of course. As always.

Republicans have stolen every presidential election they've won since 2000. There haven't been consequences yet, and the future won't be any different unless we stand up.

Oh no what happens if ICE agents around polling locations are shot dead.

This is what Hitler's SA did, so that's to be totally expected.

How the fuck did we get to a point where it's normal for the government to say these things?

Let everyone you know that mail-in ballots are still an option... but educate them that they must bring the ballot to the post office IN PERSON, and ask the postal staff to post-mark it IN FRONT OF THEM. I have read (please correct me if I'm wrong!) that works around the recent regulation change that allows dropped-off post to be stamped when it's delivered, instead of when it's first dropped off, which is a rat-fucking tactic to increase the likelihood of ballots being marked late, knowing they'll probably take many days from drop-off to delivery.

It can't be guaranteed that an ICE jackass won't be shipped to the local junkyard.

Can you imagine getting abducted when you try to vote? Now you don't have to!

I am sure this will help the voter turnout and is definitely not a thinly veiled threat meant to cause voter suppression.

Can't guarantee I won't communicate with my community to show up to the polling stations with a large group of armed citizens to ensure we can vote safely without the interference of terrorists.

Doesn't stop them from ratfucking the votes after they're submitted, but hey, gotta do what we can.

Well I guess we’re going to be exercising our second amendment rights because that’s tyranny.

Gear up, the hopefools will learn too late.

Why is she so obsessed with getting ICE agents killed?

Weird. I didn't realise all the American polling stations are located so near the borders with other countries.

This is dicey. If it happens, there will be a lot of problems around the polling areas. The fascists will use that as an excuse to invalidate the results.

I don't know what the conditions will be for my blue city in a red state come November. My plan is to vote early and spend election day seeking out ICE at any polling locations to film and heckle them. If they want to arrest me, my vote is already in and it will take them out of play for their role threatening voters. MN is showing us how we massively outnumber them and can stymie their tactics.

That's atrocious.

Imagine the optics of these rabid dogs pepper spraying people in line to vote

Prominent Republicans have been saying this kind of thing, in various ways, since at least the 1980s. If people want to delude themselves and call standard Republican stuff "trumpism" or even more incoherent and nebulous things like "maga", I don't know what to tell them. This is stock conservative/Republican stuff.

This is Paul Weyrich in 1980:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBAsFwPglw

"Can't guarantee we won't continue to violate the law with impunity."

I got PTO, i don't mind protecting people and staying at the voting place all day to protect them from the ICE thugs taking them to a concentration camp.