• Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I’ve been telling everyone I know that it’s extremely obvious they’re trying to provoke a terror attack on US soil.

    They want another 9/11, so they can indefinitely cancel elections. That’s the whole fucking plan.

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      We didn’t cancel elections after 9/11, and we’ve NEVER cancelled an election in this country, not even during the Civil War.

      There is NO justification for cancelling elections, under ANY circumstances.

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        Right, but almost nothing this administration and government are doing currently is normal or justified. They just do it anyway.

        One of the cornerstones of the Project 2025 plan is making the 2024 election the last one. This is how they get there.

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          We just can’t allow it. No cancelling of elections under any circumstances.

          It’s more important that your state authorities understand this, because elections are managed by the states. Trump can “cancel” elections, but it isn’t in his hands. The states would have to cooperate, and what if they don’t? What if they just tell him No, our elections will go on as planned?

          We can have our elections anyway, no matter what he wants. If some Red states want to honor his demand, that’s on them, but I suspect that even Red states aren’t going to like it. There are plenty of ambitious MAGAs who want their shot at the corruption, too. They won’t be happy to know that MAGA isn’t accepting any new elected members.

          And what about non-federal offices, like state and municipal elections? Those jobs have to be filled, too.

          It’s not just a matter of saying no elections, there are a LOT of ripples from it.

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        Donald Trump is Constitutionally ineligible to be President right now. But here we are. Hopes, prayers, and traditions will not save us from the fucking Nazis.

        Besides, the goal isn’t to cancel elections, it’s to control them. Control who gets to vote and for what.

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          Exactly. W won a second term largely due to 9/11, I’d wager. He started off as extremely divisive and polarizing. Most people were at least deeply sus of him, if not considering him entirely illegitimate. The economy starts to implode.

          Fast forward a few months, 9/11 happens, and most of the Murc’s Law Media is falling all over themselves to prostrate before W. People acting like not voting for Republicans is not supporting the troops, or whatever the fuck.

          Without 9/11, I don’t see how that guy would have had a second term.

          I could easily see a repeat here if there was some big terrorist event that they could blame on Iran. The real blame should lie with Pedonald and his maladministration for attacking Iran and doing a shit job on security here, but we have way too many idiots in this country that operate like windsocks.

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      Would be funny if it backfires and at the next SOTU just one American does the right thing and set off a bomb vest in the middle of that crowd.