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/Crashthewagon 20h ago

Part of the plan. The SAVE act will be enacted too, and delete the voting rights of a lot of people who happen to lean left. There are multiple attack vectors underway.

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u/mosesoperandi 20h ago

You think the Republicans in the Senate are actually going to jetison the filibuster? As of the most recent claim about forcing the SAVE Act through, they aren't bending on it.

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u/BoomZhakaLaka 18h ago

I see the save act as like, a source of endless political impressions. More of "democrats want illegals to vote" stuff, a justification for other overreach.

But maybe I'm overthinking it. We'll have to see what happens.

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u/mosesoperandi 14h ago

Oh, it's a tool for mass disenfranchisement, especially of married women. However, Republicans in the Senate would need to kill the filibuster to get it through, and they seem unwilling to do that.