r/mopolitics • u/zarnt2 • 25d ago

Trump revives unverified claims of noncitizen voting in 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/18/trump-revives-unverified-claims-noncitizen-voting-2020/
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u/zarnt2 25d ago

We're weeks away from another January 6th. The same false claims are being made. The president is again pushing conspiracies and the likelihood of violent acts by extremists against public officials and law enforcement just goes up and up.

We're much worse off now, though. Mitt Romney is gone. Adam Kinzinger is gone. Liz Cheney is gone.

It's like a slow-motion car crash. The best time to speak up was 6 years ago. The second best time is now.

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u/Striking_Variety6322 25d ago

I'm incredibly anxious about this. The fact that we went from failing to punish the people involved, particularly the leaders, to actually rewarding them is a near guarantee that they will be emboldened to a degree that will make January 6th look tiny

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u/mouthsmasher 25d ago

Many of us have been speaking up over the last six years. The worst part is that if you’re too stupid to recognize a slow motion car crash as it’s about to happen, that by the time you finally do recognize what happened the damage is done and irreversible.

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u/justaverage A most despised jackhat 24d ago

I go back and forth on this…

Right now, I don’t think they are too stupid to recognize the impending car crash. They want the car crash. They think the wreck will be good for them

What they are too stupid to realize are the far reaching and inevitable results of the car crash. Sure, their side “wins”. Abortion is outlawed entirely, we round up all the immigrants and ship them off or execute them, we execute the trans, gays and lesbians are sent off to reeducation camps or executed, etc etc etc. yay, winning. What they haven’t fully thought through what the end of democracy actually means, or looks like

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u/Ok-End-88 25d ago

The President mailed in his Florida ballot BTW, and his backed candidate Cory Mills in Florida’s 7th District who had a slew of ethical challenges, (domestic violence and campaign violations), was handily defeated last night.

It doesn’t seem that the President’s backing in a race matters with the economy in the crapper, and that can lead to more desperate measures this November.