In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

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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[–] 43 points 7 months ago (1 child)

General strikes are effective...

But if they cancel/rig elections then it's not gonna be enough. If that happens, we really only have one box left.

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  • [–] 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    The sad thing is that they’re at the point of general, heck National, level of strikes to bring this whole thing to a halt. But no now it’s ’if they meddle with midterms’. The cans been kicked so far down the road it’s probably not worth recycling.

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