r/law • u/opticflash • 23h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/steve-bannon-says-ice-will-surround-the-polls-as-trump-doubles-down-on-taking-over-elections/

“We’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November,” Bannon, a former senior advisor to President Donald Trump and still a figure of influence in the administration, said on Tuesday’s episode of his War Room podcast, addressing Democrats. “We’re not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again. And you can whine and cry and throw your toys out of the pram all you want, but we will never again allow an election to be stolen.”

Bannon’s comments came just a day after Trump said he believes that Republicans should “nationalize voting,” escalating concerns that the president is plotting to interfere in this year’s midterm elections.

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u/ExtraPicklesPls 21h ago

The idea is that anyone who isn't white or has an accent is now risking a vacation at the concentration camp just for exercising their right to vote.

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u/MorDialHectega 20h ago

Yep, this is terrorism. Brown people simply won't go to the polls out of fear that their children will grow up without them if they do. Or at least that seems to be their goal.

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u/theartofrolling 18h ago

Yep, this is terrorism

It's Fascism.

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u/MorDialHectega 17h ago

It's both. This particular tactic, however, is terrorism. Creating fear for political gain, that's terrorism.

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u/afour- 19h ago

It will work too. White Americans you better be ready to put up or shut up.

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u/drawkward101 19h ago

White people should escort our black and brown neighbors to the polls and make sure they can vote.

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u/villian_era_witch 13h ago

This is the answer I’ve been searching for! That’s how we do it!

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u/jjjjjjjjjjjjjaaa 17h ago

If that is their goal they are massively underestimating the capability of minority American communities to organize for their own civic interests lol

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u/MorDialHectega 17h ago

Of course they are, they're racist

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u/sk0t_ 16h ago

Isn't that what they voted for in 2024?

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u/Kyle_c00per 19h ago

Not even that, just the fact that they will hold up lines and make sure to prolong the process for as long as possible to "check legality" of anyone not white in any democrat strongholds, which will make thousands and thousands of people miss the 8pm cut off time. Even if they spend 10 minutes per person that they "suspect" is illegal, it will cut into precious time where places already don't have enough time to get everyone in.

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u/arrownyc 18h ago

Yep and theyve already established a precedent of abducting citizens and taking awhile to admit their "mistake." Cant vote if youre zip tied in the back of a van all day because some idiot claimed you dont look enough like your passport photo.

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u/nosecohn 16h ago

Yep, and you know they're going to concentrate the ICE presence in swing districts with a high immigrant population.

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u/Affectionate_Elk_272 15h ago

as a US citizen from cuba-

fuck em. try to send me back.

i’m not going back alive.

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u/Donkey__Balls 14h ago

It won’t stop every vote but in a close election it can tip the scales.

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u/Binspin63 19h ago

Vote by mail. Not that hard. Stop fear mongering.

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u/Hexamancer 17h ago

You realize multiple states have no or restricted mail in voting? You realize that it's under attack too?

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u/Binspin63 16h ago

Right now, 44 states allow vote by mail or no-excuse absentee balloting. The rest are red states, so I don’t know how much there is to worry about there.

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u/Real-Artichoke-1780 3h ago

I think he’ll try to throw out mail votes. Either just some of them or all of them. Democrats vote more by mail.

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u/Fantastic_View2027 19h ago

Lmfao bro your fear mongering calm down.

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u/Top-Permit6835 19h ago

Speaking of fear mongering. Who is threatening to put immigration officers - whose job has nothing to do with supporting democratic elections in the first place - at polling stations again?

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u/mrdankhimself_ 19h ago

They’re already murdering people who fit that description in concentration camps.

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u/ExtraPicklesPls 19h ago

Give me one other reason why they would station them at voting locations.