How the fuck did we get to a point where it's normal for the government to say these things?
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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Conservatives stopped respecting our Constitution and our nation as a whole.
But they're pretty good at showing up to vote, unlike many other Americans. That, combined with our electoral system being a joke and designed to allow a minority to have control, and you've got our current situation.
Well I guess we’re going to be exercising our second amendment rights because that’s tyranny.
Can't guarantee I won't communicate with my community to show up to the polling stations with a large group of armed citizens to ensure we can vote safely without the interference of terrorists.
Doesn't stop them from ratfucking the votes after they're submitted, but hey, gotta do what we can.
I hear ya, but consider that will make a VERY tense situation that will likely deter voters from engaging.
Gear up, the hopefools will learn too late.
Why is she so obsessed with getting ICE agents killed?
So they can escalate.
Escalate how? They don't hold the flyover sovereign and they are actively losing control of territory. Their navy is spent and overspending, the national guard has its fucking jugular hanging open in every small town, and they're about to commit the army to Iran. If all they have is ICE and CPB they are going to have a very bad time.
Republicans have stolen every presidential election they've won since 2000. There haven't been consequences yet, and the future won't be any different unless we stand up.
They tried damn hard to steal the ones they lost as well, and know that because of the last year they may not get voted for, for another couple decades. They know they can't win, so they are abandoning democracy.
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The very act of floating this idea is election fraud. Even if they don't do it, threatening to do it could discourage voters.
We can offer no guarantee that democrat voters won't be harmed, detained or even murdered while voting.
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Democratic leadership is sleepwalking us into a permanent state of authoritarian rule.
That's not fair. They are still working super hard to disarm the people in blue states.
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That's atrocious.
Thats not a warning intended to keep the public safe, it's a threat intended to get the public to give up on democracy
When Obama ran, local organizations rented vans and escorted people to and from polls.
We can do it again if needed.
Honestly, idk why it stopped. That shit enables better voter turnout…
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Obviously.
This is obviously where it was going.
From day one, from the first lie, to the arming of his own private army, this has been the goal. Obviously.
Americans will be surprised, of course. As always.
"Back when it was step 3, all the alarmists were warning me about how bad step 10 will be. Now that we're at step 7, the logical thing to do is continue to accuse people of being alarmist."
- 9 out of 10 Americans (real Americans)
Americans will be surprised, of course. As always.
No one's accused Americans of being smart.
Every voter come armed.
Fucking brown shirts
Oh no what happens if ICE agents around polling locations are shot dead.
Everyone else at the polling place leaves and probably doesn't come back.
Polling location(maybe others) are now closed for public safety from the radical left Democrats.
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I got PTO, i don't mind protecting people and staying at the voting place all day to protect them from the ICE thugs taking them to a concentration camp.
Problem is people won't show if they fear ICE will attest yhem, even if they are citizens as ICE has already proven.
Its intimidation
It can't be guaranteed that an ICE jackass won't be shipped to the local junkyard.
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Let everyone you know that mail-in ballots are still an option... but educate them that they must bring the ballot to the post office IN PERSON, and ask the postal staff to post-mark it IN FRONT OF THEM. I have read (please correct me if I'm wrong!) that works around the recent regulation change that allows dropped-off post to be stamped when it's delivered, instead of when it's first dropped off, which is a rat-fucking tactic to increase the likelihood of ballots being marked late, knowing they'll probably take many days from drop-off to delivery.
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Prominent Republicans have been saying this kind of thing, in various ways, since at least the 1980s. If people want to delude themselves and call standard Republican stuff "trumpism" or even more incoherent and nebulous things like "maga", I don't know what to tell them. This is stock conservative/Republican stuff.
This is Paul Weyrich in 1980:
Can you imagine getting abducted when you try to vote? Now you don't have to!
I am sure this will help the voter turnout and is definitely not a thinly veiled threat meant to cause voter suppression.
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