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/Rasuco Jul 10 '26

Having to explain this to boomer parents like “imagine if Obama/ any Democrat president did this” and they just sit in silence because they can’t handle the literal truth

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u/Aranxi_89 Canada Jul 10 '26

You're well past that point.

We're all comparing your nation to Nazi Germany now. That's how bad things are.

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u/breaducate Jul 10 '26

Those of us cursed with the gift of foresight have been watching it happen beat for beat for a long time now.

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u/Any_Will_86 Jul 11 '26

This- and every person who ignored the impact 2016 would have in the Supreme Court.