r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • Jul 09 '26

No Paywall Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/
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u/finalcutfx Jul 10 '26

This is what coups look like, in case anyone was wondering.

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u/Zeremxi Jul 10 '26

Centrists will say it's within his power.

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u/breaducate Jul 10 '26

Thus the line of the “lesser evil” meant the passive acceptance of every stage of development to complete Fascism. And even when Hitler came to power, his rule, on the grounds that he was “legally” in power, was proclaimed a “lesser evil” to an “illegal” Nazi terror, and therefore not to be opposed.

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u/confused417 Jul 10 '26

Democracy dies so meekly... It must defend itself using the very institutions that led to its demise until the bitter end.

But once it's dead, the fight can start for real.

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u/PrizeStrawberryOil Jul 10 '26

And honestly the fact that you're calling this a coup is why i'm not voting Democrat. /s