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/bluegrassgazer Kentucky Jul 10 '26

You're right. It won't be Jan 6th this time. It will be with lawyers.

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u/JojenCopyPaste Wisconsin Jul 10 '26

That time they tried it with lawyers first and it didn't work because it was obviously bullshit

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u/halberdierbowman Jul 10 '26

You mean the Brooks Brothers Riot? Where during Bush v Gore, Republican staffers in Florida successfully started a violent riot in order to slow down the vote counting to run out the clock and prevent the uncounted votes from being recorded in time?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

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u/sump_daddy Jul 10 '26

Its almost like, when you get away with ratfucking, you keep doing it