Given Donald Trump’s hostility toward democracy, it’s worth pausing when he asks supporters, "Why are we having an election?”
By all appearances, Donald Trump really doesn’t like it when Democrats describe him as a threat to democracy, and yet, the Republican keeps saying things that reflect a degree of animosity toward the American system of government.
Take the former president’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, for example. The New York Times reported:
Trump said polls suggested he was at “93 percent” although it was not clear what that number was referring to. The former president said he responded by saying: “So why are we having an election? They didn’t have an election. Why are we having an election?”
Even Russia pretended to have an election.
Even Best Korea makes everyone fill out a ballot paper
To get rid of him. For good and all.
Oh, he doesn’t want an election now? So he just wants Biden or Harris to remain in office?
I mean, Roberts did basically declare Biden king.
It is more than the GOP/Trump not liking the “American” way of government. I don’t know anyone who particularly likes it. It is because they are opposed to the very idea of democracy.
After exporting Trumps all over the world America is getting a Trump of their own.
Trump said polls suggested he was at “93 percent” although it was not clear what that number was referring to
I just assumed they meant his diaper
not working…
better
I could see an argument for the first pic being a shadow. Wouldn’t believe it, but it’s slightly plausible at a glance.
Oh boy, that second pic… That just can’t be fat, can it?!
There’re other diaper photos, but with AI and deep fakes, nevermind shadows, angles, effects, etc. of days gone by…who really knows anymore.
Plus, delete your search history if you venture.
My day was better before I had to look at creepy weird old man crotch
Here’s the perfect antidote!
This whole thread is just disgusting.
The name of the sub is Politics so… yea.
In the first image, he must be polling at like 110% lol.
Who leaked that poll?
Prolly some librul who’s against trickle down economics
We’ve regressed from Stop the Count! to Why Count?!
Next it’ll be "how count? "
Didn’t GOP try to defund The Count (well, PBS and Sesame Street) some 10-15 years ago? If so, that’s on them.
All because of his filthy mouth, caught on camera 16 years ago
Haha exactly, it’ll be ‘I got dis many counts’ and show a measure of length between hands
Well Donald we are having an election so we can show you how many people despise you and your MAGA traitors.
51% of the voting population (66%) by the 2020 popular vote. That’s what someone might call actually a big fucking problem if you stop and think about those numbers for a moment.
“Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.”
- Werner Twertzog aka Professor William Pannapacker
To be fair, Trump actually only got 47%, with the rest going to spoiler candidates.
So it’s closer to 30% of America wants to kill 33% of America.
I just want to be super rude to him. “Because the assassin missed. It’s not like you are going to respect the results anyway. The demographics that were against you in 2020 have only gotten worse.”
In days long ago, one could dismiss such rhetorical musings as fantasy. Then Jan 6th happened, and all that followed, including the GOP falling in behind.
This anti-democratic cult must be crushed.
Yeah, but this time he doens’t control the army. I’m not nearly as worried if he’s not in power while executing his coup. The republican traitors in congress would have gone along wtih it if he managed to pull of Jan 6th and he would have weeded out any general who wasn’t a Trump nut-job right after he delayed the transfer of power. It’s really was scary as shit.
They aren’t banking on a military coup d’état, they want to delay and obfuscate until their crooked Supreme Court can award them the presidency, then start passing legislation that allows red states to do whatever they want with regards to elections. All this “never vote again” stuff is literal, the GOP wants to take advantage of the fact that there are more red states and that gives them unbalanced voting power, then stuff those governments with loyal cronies.
All this because Lincoln was killed and we subsequently fucked up Reconstruction. Should have changed the rules back to protect citizens instead of land.
True, however Trump is turning into an icon now. He will become the dust of history. What he leaves behind is not only a dangerous idea, but a party organisation willing to pursue extreme ideology. Plus almost half the country either disinterested or absolutely fine with it
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-unsettling-new-question-are-election-rcna167196
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/one-democratic-criticism-seems-bother-trump-rcna163685
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/watch/-sleepwalking-into-a-dictatorship-why-trump-poses-a-serious-threat-to-democracy-208497733803
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/17/us/trump-harris-election/f423d6f6-d305-5db3-b5ba-16cc4d6e7b4dTrump doesn’t even want to win an election. He wants Jan 6th v2.
Because dumbfucks like him are not qualified to run the show
Because US Constitution, Article II, section 1?
"Article II
Section 1
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.
He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected"
Not that it makes it much more clear, but he’s talking about the nomination. He’s saying Harris didn’t have to go through a traditional primary, so… either he’s saying a) retroactively he shouldn’t have had to either, or b) since he won the primaries, and Harris didn’t have to… then he should just automatically be president and skip the whole “election where are people can vote” thing.
Probably he meant both, that he shouldn’t have to go through a primary or national election. He should just get to hand-pick a poll and get his crown.
