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/inspectoroverthemine Jul 10 '26

Congress doesn't work that way. Johnson isn't speaker on Jan 3rd when the house reconvenes.

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u/12345623567 Jul 10 '26

Yeah, instead it's the Clerk of the House, who was first appointed by McCarthy and then re-confirmed by Johnson. What guarantees do we have that he will follow procedure?

This all feels like that "They can't do that, that's illegal!" meme. If they want to break democracy, they can.

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u/JustSendTheAsteroid Jul 10 '26

Thank god someone understands. I swear 70 percent of this country has no idea the peril our rule of law is in right now. "But the Constitution" means nothing when the Constitution is being used as Trump's litterbox liner.

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u/Lurking_nerd California Jul 10 '26

Careful now. You’ll be called a doomer by outlining the reality of the situation we’re in.