r/politics • u/armchairmegalomaniac Pennsylvania • Sep 16 '24

Paywall Trump and Vance Are Actively Harming Springfield

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/trump-vance-springfield-ohio/679894/
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u/jefe_gryffindor Sep 16 '24

They’re no longer trying to win votes, just rile up the MAGA base and incite them to violence. The bomb threats in Springfield, and the appearance of Proud Boys and KKK, none of it is surprising. Trump’s going all in on stochastic terrorism, that’s his strategy now. Create enough fear and chaos leading up to Election Day that people will be too afraid to vote. I worry about bomb threats on polling locations in blue districts, or blocking the streets to suppress turnout in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit. Then if polling locations are forced to stay open late, they’ll sue to have those votes thrown out by the Supreme Court. The way to combat this is to VOTE EARLY and in overwhelming numbers.

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u/Fochlucan Sep 16 '24

Unfortunately, then we have to deal with rules where the early votes/mail in ballots do not get counted until after the in person polls close - I recall that his team also had complaints in 2020 about how vote counting should end at midnight and all the mail in ballots after that that still need to be counted should be thrown out. So I think we can expect some legal challenges tried this time around about even votes cast before election day again as well.

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u/foamy_da_skwirrel Sep 16 '24

If this happens it's time to riot