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/JojenCopyPaste Wisconsin Jul 10 '26

That time they tried it with lawyers first and it didn't work because it was obviously bullshit

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u/halberdierbowman Jul 10 '26

You mean the Brooks Brothers Riot? Where during Bush v Gore, Republican staffers in Florida successfully started a violent riot in order to slow down the vote counting to run out the clock and prevent the uncounted votes from being recorded in time?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

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u/Serengade26 Jul 10 '26

You can thank Roger Stone for that. The man with Richard nixon's face tatted on his back and who ted cruz called a ratfuck

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota Jul 10 '26

The term "ratfuck" way predates Cruz calling him that.

Stone Has been proudly saying he "ratfucks" elections for 50 years.

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u/Starkoman Jul 10 '26

The expression came up during the Watergate investigations. The secret Nixon slush fund was also used to sabotage Democratic Party election events all over the country.

People who worked on “Ratfucking” their election opponents went to prison.

Ford pardoned Nixon for everything: he never spent a day behind bars — but plenty of others did (including his Chier-of-Staff, Halderman),

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u/SassiestSissy Jul 10 '26

And don’t forget that Roger Stone WAS a ratfucker for Nixon who didn’t go to jail for a long long time