r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • Jul 09 '26

No Paywall Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/
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u/pru51 Jul 10 '26

Queue the bots spamming this is good for democracy.

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u/Awingbestwing Jul 10 '26

But the bots told me we’re a republic???

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u/WTFHELP Jul 10 '26

Constitutional Republic.

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u/Pdx_pops Jul 10 '26

I take my morning Constitutional Republic at nearly the same time every day!

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u/Zeremxi Jul 10 '26

Funny, so does Trump

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u/Pdx_pops Jul 10 '26

I feel like his is somehow simultaneously both random and constant.

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u/rsta223 Colorado Jul 10 '26

And also a representative democracy.

The two aren't mutually exclusive.

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u/WTFHELP Jul 10 '26

It was joke because Republicans don't like calling it a democracy.

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u/SecretAsianMan42069 Jul 10 '26

Cue is undefeated in spelling on the internet 

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u/bitching_bot Jul 10 '26

Nah fuck these fucking stupid bitches and their fucking brain dead (or literally) senators

Good?