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How did he get a ballot if he's not eligible to vote? At least in my state, you have to sign the voter register that has your name pre-printed. I suppose Kansas is different.
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Right, that’s what these crazies always forget - register to vote is where your eligibility to vote should be verified, and there are ways to do that without suppressing votes
Interesting, apparently it’s only since 1996 that non-citizens voting became a crime, and that only applies to federal elections …. Then there’s whatever citizenship law Kansas tried to pass was ruled unconstitutional
Historically people in his situation were treated like human beings and immigration enforcement of a contributing member of society was civil, compassionate, and had due process routes to legality or at least to transitioning your life without hardship
So this guy was not committing a crime assuming he registered to vote more than 30 years ago, the state failed in their duty to check eligibility, and he might still be able to legitimately vote for himself
I suspect he registered to vote, and for whatever reason, the county/state failed to discover that he's not a citizen and approved his registration.
This seems to be the exact scenario that MAGA is screaming over. Lol every accusation is an admission.
A repugnantcan politician facing felony voter fraud? I'll give that the same probability as the sun rising tomorrow morning
Ah, a most delicious face for our good leopard friends.
Obviously you didn't love trump enough.
Get fucked.
Signed, the decent third of the US (/sigh)
That guy is literally the criminal element that the Republicans have been speaking out about for years. It sounds like he should be spending some time in jail before being deported. Luckily he admitted his crime in public and on the record so a case against him should go even smoother than a regular one.
I'm an immigrant who committed multiple counts of voter fraud just like the GOP says. That is why I am a Republican, they're right about who we are.
I really need to stop just setting it down when I'm done, cause I'm tired of looking for it. Hang on…
All right. Here's my tiniest violin…
I read the comments. Its hard to spot but you can just make out the republicans. /s
I know you’re a democrat and thus don’t care about holding dems to account, but don’t think that republicans are equally lawless.
Fuckin ridiculous trash, Dems are the only ones who resign in shame after almost any scandal. Republicans have no shame it's why they never resign after a scandal, unless they're caught with a dead girl or a live boy.
Only time Republicans resign is when they see the shit heading for the fan, and they step out of the way to stay out of the spray.
Which is why you see so many Republicans quitting leading up to the midterms.
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Karma is a goddess
Leopards ate his face, blah blah blah. By this point, if you don't know Trump is a blowtorch and he's indiscriminate about where he points that flame, you deserve the face eating leopards. Carrying Trump branded blowtorches. Or something else also mixed in metaphor.
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The problem is that a 54-year old Kansas mayor is somehow technically not a citizen, after living here for decades.
That makes no sense.
He shouldn't have voted, and should have known not to, but he didn't expect this because he's stuck in a system that's been screwed up for decades. One that Congress won't reform precisely to leverage it as a wedge issue like this. And now that debt has come due.
That's the thing about Trump. He doesn't give two shits about you. You can love him as much as you want. If you're not lining his pockets, he doesn't fucking care
Don't let the door hit you on the way out