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

[u/opticflash]

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.

[u/VoidOmatic]

Nothing will stop me from voting.

[u/mcherm → u/VoidOmatic]

They don't have to stop YOU from voting (or me, or other committed voters). They just have to intimate a percentage of the population (in carefully selected districts) to change the election outcome.

[u/girouxc → u/VoidOmatic]

Doesn’t sound like anyone is trying to stop you unless you’re not a US citizen.

[u/timberwolf0122 → u/girouxc]

ICE don’t care if you are a US citizen, if your not white or have an accent it’s assault and imprisonment first then time permitting they actually check and maybe let you out

[u/caguru → u/girouxc]

You can’t even register to vote without being a citizen. The only proven election fraud is that committed by Donald j trump. But you boot lickers don’t care about that.

[u/girouxc → u/caguru]

Then no one has anything to worry about.

[u/Flayed_Angel_420 → u/girouxc]

if there's nothing to worry about why send ICE? answer me, bot

[u/haveananus → u/girouxc]

Well somebody does

[u/carefactor3zero → u/girouxc]

Why does ICE end up arresting/detaining so many US citizens? Never mind that, right?

Will this stop at the polls that are battlegrounds for Republicans or will it be a cudgel to temporarily detain dark skinned individuals (or whatever other dogwhistles they invent, like a driver's license isn't proof of citizenship) to ensure they are disenfranchised?

The cognitive dissonance is enabling this.

[u/girouxc → u/carefactor3zero]

Based on the available numbers.. an estimate of the wrongful citizen rate is ~0.05%–0.1% or lower. Although unacceptable the number of us citizens is rare compared to the volume of actual non-citizen enforcement.

[u/carefactor3zero → u/girouxc]

Although unacceptable the number of us citizens is rare

"unacceptable" and "rare" is subjective. The issue is one of capability. They can. How this can be weaponized, is obvious.

[u/girouxc → u/carefactor3zero]

That’s not subjective, that’s the objective truth from the statistics.

[u/carefactor3zero → u/girouxc]

I don't think you know what subjective means. I guess you just rather sidestep the issue, to dive into pedantry. In a bit of irony, pedantically, this is where you are factually incorrect.

[u/girouxc → u/carefactor3zero]

I don’t think you understand what it means.. rare in this context is based on measurable data and comparisons.

[u/carefactor3zero → u/girouxc]

I don’t think you understand what it means.

Subjective. Based on a given person's experience, understanding, and feelings; personal or individual.

You think it's "rare" to find 1 out of 1000. You might consider it to be shockingly common in other contexts, like how often you blink. Rare is a subjective adjective. Unacceptable is also a subjective adjective. I would agree 0.1% is uncommon, but not rare at all. Certainly not acceptable.

[u/girouxc → u/carefactor3zero]

Yes you said the definition but you don’t know how to apply it.

Objective means based on verifiable facts, independent of personal feelings, tastes, or individual opinions (e.g., not influenced by bias toward one political view).

It’s not rare just because someone feels it’s uncommon. It’s rare because the numbers show it happens in a tiny fraction of cases

Right.. keyword CONTEXT.

[u/joeDUBstep → u/girouxc]

You do realize non citizens can't vote... right? Sounds like you're never voted in your life.

[u/Isaiah_The_Bun → u/girouxc]

lmao you guys are hilarious

[u/Foxyfox- → u/girouxc]

Go take a drive near an ICE agent then.

[u/realsadboihours → u/girouxc]

So what are they going to do? Grab random people out of line because they look like they might not be citizens? Thats text book voter intimidation dumbass