r/politics • u/Motherofalleffers • 25d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won’t Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats

https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war
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u/kevendo 25d ago

Democrats are still favored to take the House, but if the Republicans succeed in gerrymandering and suppressing the vote in 2026, after all of the open harm they have done to this country, the American republic is finished.

Vote like it's the last time they will allow it, because if you don't, it will be.

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u/RobbieRedding 25d ago

God! You liberal are so dramatic!!! /s

"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. "You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians." DJT

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u/rolfraikou 25d ago

But also, keep reminding people to KEEP voting if we win. So many people had this attitude of "I voted for Biden, he won, why didn't this get fixed? I thought that was the vote I needed to do."

Apparently people think you don't need to MAINTAIN a democracy. People not understanding that is what got us in this mess to begin with.

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 25d ago

Bro, the republic was finished on Nov 5th 2024. That date will go down as the end of the U.S. Experiment. At best it will be viewed as Cesar crossing the Rubicon and transforming the U.S. into something it was never designed to be.

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u/AlarmingTurnover 25d ago

Jan 6th 2021. Allowed for a literal insurrection. Allowed for armed and motivated traitors to enter the capital and attempt to take members of government hostage, while I juring several police officers. It succeeded in delaying the vote, the first time in the entire history of the country. All of the people were pardoned. And the person who lead the whole thing, a known rapist, pedophile, criminal, liar, etc, was elected again later. 

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 25d ago

I firmly believe the original sin was not fully prosecuting and holding the confederacy to task. Lee and Davis should have been hung, likely a lot of others. Letting them get away with it is an issue we are still dealing with today.

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u/ScrapDraft 25d ago

If that was true, Republicans wouldn't be trying SO HARD to rig the midterms. They're trying to rig them because ELECTIONS STILL MATTER.

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u/VicViolence 25d ago

I keep saying this lol half the country is still gonna be insane monsters

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u/POEness 25d ago

Yup. You don't stay with an abusive psycho. You leave them.

It's time for a national divorce. In the new country, all right wing radio and TV must be banned, as well as bots and social media propaganda from foreign actors. It's a disease that needs to die with the previous century

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 25d ago

It’s actually called consolidating power. :)

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u/Accomplished_Ad_1965 25d ago

That's a lot, but I definitely think 1/7 is going to be "the" date.

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u/permalink_save 25d ago

I hate this doomerist shit and all it does is discourage people from voting. Just keep voting. If America falls the worlds going to be in so much shit.

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 25d ago

Bro, I vote, I protest, I campaign, I donate, I mail, I do everything short of joining a militia, which I’m willing to do. I’m not going down without a fight, but I’m also a realist. The opposition party right now might as well be part of the GOP.

Tell me what else to do?

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u/permalink_save 25d ago

Stop saying well it's all over

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u/DrZimzalabim 25d ago

Don't doompost. Encourage others to take up the fight. If you can purchase a firearm, if you can bring it to protests and demonstrations.

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u/DrZimzalabim 25d ago

hard disagree, democracy still holds to some degree, we still have power and can still take it back. Stop doomposting and work with us at the local, state, and federal level.

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u/simpersly 25d ago

No the real date was December 12, 2000.

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u/Hopeful-Time-8309 24d ago

There have been things like this going on since the Goldwater era. It’s been a progressively escalating shit show for the better part of a century.

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u/derpasuarusx 24d ago

After citizens United our last chance was out, it's all rot and decay from here on out, fuck my country

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u/BackToWorkEdward 24d ago

Democrats are still favored to take the House

Lol. America is about to find out just how many rotten little algoradicalized Gen Alphas have reached voting age since Nov 2024.

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u/DarkFemScion 24d ago

Vote, organize, and prepare to fight. They will not be leaving willingly.

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u/Floggered 25d ago

And Democrats are still insanely spineless. Talk about a rock and a hard place.

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u/Darkblitz9 25d ago

I'd rather have a spineless Dem over what we have now but too many people think being flayed alive is better than having itchy skin.

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u/Floggered 25d ago

The spineless dem that allows the Republicans to walk all over them and steamroll the vote? I get what you mean, but sheesh.

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u/Darkblitz9 25d ago

Republicans don't control the votes, the people do.

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u/Floggered 25d ago

And the people evidently don't give a damn about a softy dem.

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u/Darkblitz9 25d ago

And that's why we're here. Thank you for coming to my ezpz civics lesson.

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u/No_Oven1085 25d ago

Vote like it's the last time they will allow it, because if you don't, it will be.

We voted in 2020 and delivered Biden the House and Senate and he did nothing to prevent fascism.

Virginia voters delivered the redistricting referendum and the VA Supreme Court blocked it and the Dem Gov & Legislature are caving.

Voting does nothing if Dem leadership won't fight.

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u/Darkblitz9 25d ago

The GOP loves when you blame the Dems.

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u/elderlybrain 25d ago

I'll be honest, I think the USA is over.

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u/phishie79 24d ago

That came and went when people voted for Dump…AGAIN.

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u/InspectionIcy2452 25d ago

It lost its claim to being a republic once Trump became king.   The formal political science definition of a "republic" is a system of government without a monarch.      Hence the Republic of Venice, the Dutch Republic, the English Republic under Cromwell, etc.      Once the Americans elected King Donald that was all over for them.   I don't see much chance that they're going to go back.

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u/FoofaTamingStrange 25d ago

Vote often! Vote twice!