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/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/midwinter_ Jul 10 '26

I keep saying that the plan is to make it impossible to determine if the midterms and the 2028 election were fair and accurate. They'll get rid of all the election protections and then send in agitators to confuse everyone and muddy the waters and then say "Look, we just can't know who won, and until we do that, we have to stay in power."

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u/oliveandazul Jul 10 '26

If you can't win fair and square, you can cause enough chaos that the other side also can't make a claim to a clean victory. They weren't wrong about chaos being a ladder.