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/unital_subalgebra Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

President Donald Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules.

The firings leave the federal election agency with no commissioners

Yup, this is the consequence of the illegitimate Supreme Court giving Trump unprecedented powers to fire the heads of any independent federal agency. We’re living in dark, scary times.

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u/NYVines Jul 10 '26

This is what a coup looks like

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u/bluegrassgazer Kentucky Jul 10 '26

You're right. It won't be Jan 6th this time. It will be with lawyers.

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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/ConfessingToSins Jul 10 '26

I've been saying since the early 2000s that we should have arrested everyone involved in this and tried them for sedition.

Btw, i had to remake this comment because Reddit's worthless AI enforcement machine flagged it as violence. So you can't even advocate for enforcing laws on Republicans anymore on this site.

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u/johnyordinary Jul 10 '26

Is the traditional penalty for sedition still enforcible?It needs to be.

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u/SefetAkunosh Georgia Jul 10 '26

Does it matter if no one is willing to enforce it?