Trump promised Monday to work to end mail-in voting and said work is already underway on an executive order to ban it before the 2026 midterm elections, although the Constitution does not give him this power.
“We, as a Republican Party, are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail-in ballots,” he said during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “We’re going to start with an executive order that’s being written right now by the best lawyers in the country to end mail-in ballots.”
Headlines should say “In desperate bid to keep unpopular republicans in the house, Trump attempts to unlawfully ban mail in voting”
A reminder to our American friends, Trump is a symptom of 30 years of policies, you all had plenty of time to change things.
Given fox news and the republican main stream media was created to prevent the next Nixon from resigning, this is like a 60 year plot by a bunch of boomers.
And here I just went back to the Reagan era…
I understand that sentiment and it’s very much deserved, but a good portion of our fellow countrymen have been literally taught to hate any critical thinking or logic and “look what I’m going to do piss off the left” and honestly our left is pretty center right compared to most of world.
There are of us that are working at it, but honestly we may have to fix how the government has suffered industry capture through deregulation for decades and teaching people (who hopefully will listen) is not going to happen fast at all.
We got a lot of work to do I hope we can, but honestly things aren’t looking the greatest right now and we definitely shouldn’t be taken at our word brill we establish a history of doing the right thing.
It’s going to get worse before it’s gets better the US is fucked at the moment but open for business if you’re a dictator or billionaire class.
The genie may not be able to hi back in the bottle though with the trend of countries going alt-right and the US is definitely not helping on that front either.
We are trying, but seriously don’t count on us in completing that task we are owned by billionaires and tech companies and I’m not sure our government and elected officials are willing to give up on all that sweet “political donations” money unchecked sadly…
Yes yes but what about Esptein files?
He’s scared. Simple as. We had him begging Texas to redistrict, now this, he’s down in polls… he knows that he’ll lose ground next year. A democratic majority in the house or senate would be devastating for him, and that’s where things are headed right now.
For people that don’t know. Voting by mail is older than the US. In 1775 the continental army wanted to have their votes counted while away. We’ve had mail in and absentee voting since.
And that’s just US history.
States rights preserved to run elections how they see fit amirite
The world’s sorest LOSER.
OK so does he want to:
- Distract attention
- Corrupt the next election
- something else suiting his needs?
Yes
I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the Russian Federation, and to the Kremlin, for which it stands, one nation, under Putin, for slavery and injustice for all.
I’ll even try to rug the next election to distract from the trump/Epstein files!
Whatever. Elections don’t matter anymore.
The states run their elections, the president has no say in this.
Watch him
Somehow I don’t think he cares.
Some of the red state governors will probably roll over. I hope all the other states tell him to shove it.
He’s banking on that, so he can have Congress throw out the votes from those states because “they didn’t follow the rules”
Mail in ballots still lean Republican many places, I understand. In Texas, for example, mostly older people use mail in ballots, and that group trends more Republican than Texas voters at large
They’re not going to fuck up and ban their own votes. They’ll come up with some criteria for exclusions that keep the places and demographics they count on and spin it as pursuing some other principle than naked partisanship.
“Some”?
Found the optimist!
This is just an excuse to pressure weak liberal governments into caving to fascism.
Trump barks, then Gretchen Whitmer throws up her hands in surrender. And in another two years, it’ll be those stupid disenfranchised voters who just didn’t try hard enough who are to blame.
Fuck that noise. WA has been 100% mail in ballots for over a decade. We aren’t about to bin our entire election system and build a completely new infrastructure because Trump is trying to overreach his authority. Will. Not. Happen.
The left and conceding defeat before anything even happens. Name a more iconic duo.
before anything even happens
:-/
Bro you just invented an entirely made up scenario just so you could shit on democrats.
It’s like being mad at your spouse because they cheated on you in a dream.
Then us franchised voters need to stand up and help them
“Just Vote Harder!”
:-/
Who was to blame for getting us in this situation in the first place?
oh okay, i’ll call him and let him know.
Doesn’t the state run their own policing too?
How’d that work for DC?
Edit: I actually didn’t know any of that, I don’t live in the states. Glad to see there’s a legitimate legal process for the president to take advantage of his subordinates
DC isn’t a state, which is a different level of fuckery.
A better comparison is LA
Even then, he activated the National Guard, which is a Constitutional power.
DC isn’t a state on purpose. The federal government through Congress has full control of the district.
DC was set up specifically to be under federal control because reasons. They’ve let the city do its own things for a little while, but ultimately the Fed has legal control.
I voted by mail in 2020. It was super easy and convenient - which is why republicans hate it.
It directly counters many of their favorite voter suppression tactics.
Like ICE and national guard at every ballot box ti intimidate anyone who isn’t lilly white? And maybe a few of those if they look LGBTQ+ or a bit liberal.
and also harder to rig if they arnt using MACHINES.
How about go fuck yourself you orange sack of shit.
I’m worried that might create a second one. Can he fuck off and die, instead? I’ve been waiting for the McDonald’s to do its job already.
I would wish him to choke on a big mac, but thats against the TOS. Rules and all…
Wishing misfortune is fine. Advocating for someone to kill another person is against the rules.
May Trump’s poor eating habits finally catch up with him.
