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[Video] Trump: It is amazing when you stand up here. I can say the stupidest things, and you clap. (i.imgur.com)
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[–] 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I think you're forgetting/glossing over the fact that he's built a fascist paramilitary on American soil to use against American citizens. They're already in all the neighborhoods across the country, why wouldn't they be sent to the polls to "stand guard"?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

    They can stand guard all they want.

    Unless those ICE agents are handing out grocery and rent money, it's not going to matter. People are way more afraid of starvation and homelessness than they are of ICE at this point.

    This is what Republicans don't understand now and Democrats didn't understand in 2024. Nothing motivates a voter more than poverty, and certainly not fear of masked douche bags. The poor are and have already been living under fascism for many years now, and in more than a few places people actually have a choice that is neither Republican nor centrist.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    I think that if you are a brown or black person, then ICE agents lurking around and accosting people, asking for ID and dragging people into vehicles to be whisked away, might make you decide not to approach the polling place.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    The doomers don't understand the scale of US elections. He would have to issue an executive order saying "all votes are invalid" to change things at this point. Not that that's beyond him, but that's a whole different discussion than all the talk about ICE showing up at polling places.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    No. It's the whole fact that there is no one left to enforce the law. Everyone can cry foul all we want. Is Kash Patel gonna arrest him? Is Tom Homan going to arrest him? Is Pete hegseth going to arrest him? Is Todd Blanche going to arrest him? Wil lthe SCOTUS side with democrats' lawsuits? Who will enforce any of this when they violate the orders like they are currently doing with HUNDREDS of court orders right now?

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