Leavitt previews Trump’s primetime speech: Election ‘adjustments’ coming

[u/NicolasCageFan492]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5972459-trump-election-security-speech/amp/

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[u/Van_Hoven]

ah yes, functioning democracy right there. good luck folks

[u/Actual__Wizard → u/Van_Hoven]

Yep, here's coup attempt #2.

[u/NeverLookBothWays → u/Actual__Wizard]

We’re not fighting back hard enough. The courts are not capturing the follow through of law enforcement. The coup is going to largely succeed with the help of a corrupted executive and judicial branch and we’ll watch it happen like we have the past power grabs. We’re barely talking about the anomalies of the 2024 election.

We will win some seats however. We need to be very sure we elect Dems who are willing to stand up to fascism and articulate well the long game the right is playing. AOC has been decent at this, along with various others…mostly it is the progressives stepping up to that plate. I don’t think we’re turning things around on election interference and fraud this year however…there needed to be much more movement on that front back in January.

[u/BlatantFalsehood → u/NeverLookBothWays]

Americans have forgotten what the Second Amendment was created for for, nor do we take our duties seriously.

From the Declaration of Independence:

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

[u/luri7555 → u/BlatantFalsehood]

I think it’s coming. And the rich are preparing for it.

[u/sarcastic_patriot → u/luri7555]

The fortified ballroom and front doors and drone fleet are totally just for safer parties...

[u/MeanChris → u/sarcastic_patriot]

Exactly. You don’t do all that for the next guy.

[u/fdar_giltch → u/MeanChris]

I mean, most Presidents would have... but not this President

[u/mollila → u/fdar_giltch]

Most Presidents would not have envisioned a need for such precautions.

[u/Bbbbhazit → u/MeanChris]

Also arming your own private militia, ICE. It is all so obvious and out in the open but still people have their heads in the sand.

[u/bigbadderfdog → u/sarcastic_patriot]

Don't think of them as fortresses, think of them as lootboxes.

[u/Blacksad9999 → u/luri7555]

They're buying bunkers in places like New Zealand, so I think they know how it will end up.

[u/luri7555 → u/Blacksad9999]

They all have bunkers in the US. And some are building spaceships with an eye on mars. Why save earth if they can leave? lol

[u/Blacksad9999 → u/luri7555]

They aren't going anywhere. Any other place on Earth would tax the shit out of them and heavily regulate them.

[u/runningraleigh → u/BlatantFalsehood]

Then by all means, lead the way.

There are many people who would step up if there was a leader with a coherent plan to use force (or the threat of it) in taking back our country. No such leader exists, or if they do, they lack influence to mobilize enough people for their plan to succeed.

Where is this generation's John Brown? I've been looking but I don't see him/her.

[u/Gekokapowco → u/runningraleigh]

Che talks about this in one of his books, and I think about it. There is no "starting point" no "leader to fall behind" to start resistance. If you want resistance you have to make it from nothing and that is difficult. This is coming from a guy who could build a popular revolution in the rural peripheries, supported by the people around him. Guerillas survive on the generosity of the local population who support them.

That being said, I cannot believe my unarmed, soft, office bound ass is the closest possible person to start like, raiding an ICE facility. There has to be someone out here that has access to better resources, training, and wants this more than me. Statistically. I'm not going to be a martyr, named an insane lone wolf. I'm not throwing away what little scraps I can make of my life for an ungrateful cause.

It feels like the barrier to entry for him was so much lower, and it feels weird and selfish to say. I don't have the religious fervor to say that throwing my life away means more to me than the time I can spend with my loved ones, the good I can do for this world with my kindness and understanding, not being grist for a war.

[u/Bigbigbigrock → u/Gekokapowco]

Resistance is more than just killing. It's delivering messages, it's dropping off food, it's donating tools and supplies to groups who as you say, have less to lose. Do you think every soldier in every army goes to the front? You can do plenty, even if it's just donating to groups doing more. ICE watch groups are funded by donations.

[u/Plastic_Salary_4084 → u/Bigbigbigrock]

There are some lovely folks who donate gas gift cards and food to the cause, but most ICE watchers are receiving no compensation whatsoever. They’re just good people.

[u/-heatoflife- → u/Gekokapowco]

raiding an ... facility

Doesn't have to be such a dramatic start. Fear is powerful.

Make the oppressors and tyrants afraid, and suddenly the fleeting thrill of unmerited empowerment just isn't worth the squeeze.

[u/ThunderDungeon02 → u/-heatoflife-]

The power is in numbers. But holding angrily worded signs and putting dildos on fences in DC does not invoke fear. The numbers were there but it was useless. And violence isn't necessary but as Dennis would say "it's the implication". Remember ICE, and every agency like them are just regular people collecting a paycheck. The tide isn't going to turn until you make them question if that check is worth it. That is one option. The other is financial. You buy necessities only. But same idea, has to be done by millions. Collapse industries. The powers that be will remove them then. That's it. By electing this idiot again, there are no other options...or do nothing and it will just get worse.

[u/2slowforanewname → u/runningraleigh]

I literally say this to my brother every time he gets himself worked up on the state of the world. We all see how shitty it is dude but until someone takes the first step, its just millions watching in the wind

[u/djsirround → u/runningraleigh]

There’s no way people can organize on social media cause the fascists own all the media outlets. It’s not like people are organizing face to face and there’s not a bunch of signs on posts saying “join our militia”

[u/MarketTrashy → u/NeverLookBothWays]

Canadian here. You are absolutely unequivocally not fighting back hard enough.

[u/MilosBestBuddy → u/MarketTrashy]

Minneapolis here. We’ve had two innocent civilians murdered for fighting back. The people are fighting, the politicians not so much.

[u/Chirho4 → u/MilosBestBuddy]

"We’ve had two innocent civilians murdered for fighting back"

They weren't even fighting back. They were just straight up murdered.

[u/molsonmuscle360 → u/MilosBestBuddy]

Yeah, and because of how deeply entrenched they are a lot more are probably going to die. And if they succeed in their complete takeover it will be an even bigger number. The politicians aren't going to help. The people need to actually figure it out themselves

[u/Some_Ebb_2921 → u/MilosBestBuddy]

The people are having some protests without real concequences Some were killed because... well, because the occupating force felt like it (let's not pretend ICE needed a reason)

They've not really felt the concequences yet, just made known that now they can get away with deadly force... and they showed so some more past week.

And the responds already seems less on these killings than the former ones... they are winning

[u/PNDMike → u/MilosBestBuddy]

Any how many more will die if Trump gets his way?

[u/aerost0rm → u/NeverLookBothWays]

Can’t wait for last this cycle. Once they have this cycle they will exponentially push their agenda so no future elections happen. They will go as far as arresting politicians they don’t like I bet.

[u/captainschnozzberry → u/aerost0rm]

They're already trying to push different political leanings as treasonous as they piss on Constitutional law.

[u/Lost_Ability2102 → u/NeverLookBothWays]

The actual time to fight back was in 2024, in 2022, 2018, and a 2016 and even further back. However, the broader left has spent that entire time fighting amongst itself instead of being focused on fighting the opposing political ideology. I hope that changes but I haven’t seen anything that indicates that.

[u/Illustrious-Fun8324 → u/Actual__Wizard]

Just as we predicted. He’s using some fake election emergency or scandal to convince voters that he needs more control over elections so he can interfere in the midterms or undermine any democratic wins by claiming they’re fake.

We were told we have TDS.
Thanks, guys.

[u/Actual__Wizard → u/Illustrious-Fun8324]

Yeah that's exactly what we all thought he was going to do. Start a war and then invent some excuse to cancel or manipulate the election process.

It's the exact "worst nightmare scenario for America."

We warned you all: Their plan is to break up America and appoint themselves the kings and queens of the pieces... They're traitors to the country...

All they do is attack America and Americans... How do people not see that they're a bunch traitors to the country?

Apparently everything that is going on in America is bad, except what they do, and all they do is step on Americans...

It's completely absurd that people don't see the current administration as exactly what it is: A fascist coup.

[u/Illustrious-Fun8324 → u/Actual__Wizard]

I’m actually a little shocked it played out exactly as predicted tbh. He’s gonna rile everyone up about election security so he can interfere.

We fucking told the MAGA people this would happen. We were told we have TDS 🫩

[u/proud2bnasty → u/Illustrious-Fun8324]

Yep, this is unbelievable, like pre jan6. I saw it coming,anyone on twitter paying attention did and the did nothin. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I’d say they are all on the same side.

[u/Slumunistmanifisto → u/Actual__Wizard]

You see Steven "lil Himmler" millers speech yet.

[u/Actual__Wizard → u/Slumunistmanifisto]

No, but I'm sure it occurred.

I'm being serious with you right now: I'm legitimately having breathing trouble while sitting in my house because of the air quality issues.

Those people have lost their minds.

We're being systematically attacked.

Everything we need as Americans to have a strong society, are being taken away from us. It serves the purpose of weakening our country.

[u/PioneerDingus → u/Actual__Wizard]

The coup already happened.

[u/Eastern_Bet678 → u/Actual__Wizard]

We're ( #now - Jan 7th, 2021 ) days into it already. And ( #now - Jan 20th, 2025 ) days into when it really picked up steam.

[u/UncomfortableTacoBoy → u/Actual__Wizard]

Coup 2, Electric Boogaloo.

I hate it

[u/HappyHarryHardOn → u/Van_Hoven]

So he is just going to announce that he will be cheating the election on prime time tv ?
Cool, cool, cool… nothing of concern here

[u/77NorthCambridge → u/HappyHarryHardOn]

"Russia, if you're listening..."

[u/Aggravating_Bat3618 → u/77NorthCambridge]

Russia, in fact, is doing most of the talking. 

[u/ahdidi413 → u/HappyHarryHardOn]

That’s always been part of the idea for them. Do corrupt, illegal shit out in the open and pretend it’s normal behavior. Ten plus years of this gaslighting insanity.

[u/surlysurfer → u/HappyHarryHardOn]

Doing it with total immunity thanks to SCOTUS

[u/Zocalo_Photo → u/HappyHarryHardOn]

I’ve become a lot more pessimistic and cynical over the last couple of years. I’m surprised he didn’t do something sooner, like sign an executive order that says only votes for republicans will count. It’s not like anyone is going to stop him. Chuck Schumer will be upset, but will take the high road and do nothing.

[u/JDogg126 → u/Van_Hoven]

There will be many crimes committed to ensure republicans stay in power. Any who are caught criming in Trumps name has a pardon waiting for them. Unless states take measures to protect themselves from the feds it’s going to be impossible for any kind of free or fair election.

I would like to see UN election monitors to witness the election and give some kind of sense of legitimacy to the results.

[u/thediesel26 → u/Van_Hoven]

They can blabber all they want, but the federal government has very little power over elections.

[u/toggiz_the_elder → u/thediesel26]

Laws will surely restrain Trump this time!

[u/AlChandus → u/thediesel26]

Multiple states have republican governments and they have demonstrated that they will do what their party cult asks them to do.

Yes, blue states won't play along, but there are too many red states and there is a real chance to flip seats, they will try to cheat on those seats.

That is enough power to me. The US needs multiple changes and for that to happen we need a functioning democracy, which we don't have... And this administration keeps trying to make it as functional as Trump's continency.

This is a giant pile of doo-doo.

[u/KyloRenCadetStimpy → u/thediesel26]

They have plenty of power if nobody pushes back

[u/BadahBingBadahBoom → u/KyloRenCadetStimpy]

If red states don't want to hold elections they don't have to. The terms for representatives from those districts will still expire and their seats will then be empty in Congress.

Not exactly gna help them keep their majority.

Blue states aren't going to voluntarily suspend their elections and elections are not under the control and organisation of the federal government. Either the administration allows blue states to have their elections or the US enters the second civil war.

[u/Electrical_Corner_32]

Election manipulation incoming. We all know that.

[u/nodnodwinkwink → u/Electrical_Corner_32]

Trump and his cronies have a little tradition of soft launching their crimes.

[u/Thatingles → u/nodnodwinkwink]

It's an attempt to normalise it before it happens. Start with a sort of vague description and then once the 'debate' starts you start saying 'oh well ok, there's a debate, so some people agree...etc etc'. But the overall aim is to make people think this is just normal, just business as usual - they are doing this for their side as you do in politics, its not some fundamental shift. Russian playbook.

[u/hollaback_girl → u/Thatingles]

Reagan: "Trickle down economics is a raging debate among economists. Only way to find out is to put it into practice."

Trickle down was never debated. It's been debunked for 150+ years. We've been living with it for ~45 years now.

[u/VidE27 → u/Electrical_Corner_32]

No no, it is to safeguard the election…. From the voters

[u/Athleticsbaby]

“I think that everyone should tune in tonight, including the people in this room, and you should report on the president’s speech and the findings that he is going to reveal in the speech with a little bit of honesty and a little bit of integrity because … it will shock you if you have an honest eye listening to the president tonight.”

What? My eyeballs must be hard of hearing.

Um, anyway. No thanks. I genuinely care about the integrity of our elections and I won't listen to this scumbag try to delegitimize that process.

[u/humanity_go_boom → u/Athleticsbaby]

I'll read the summary while taking my morning shit tomorrow. No way I'm trying to distill the actual message from whatever monotone word salad he's about the spew in real time.

[u/Ralod → u/humanity_go_boom]

It will be recorded and edited to sound more coherent. No way will they let him ramble live, he might start talking about how big Arnold Palmers dick was again.

[u/RedPanther1 → u/Athleticsbaby]

Jesus christ she can't even metaphor right. That's her whole job, communication.

[u/dcoats69 → u/RedPanther1]

I mean her whole job is miscommunication, so probably appropriate that she can't metaphor correctly

[u/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 → u/Athleticsbaby]

Report with honesty and integrity

What she means is to just parrot what he says without any fact checking or critical thought.

[u/Bagel_Technician → u/Athleticsbaby]

He’s going to lie about a bunch of statistics in regards to election fraud and that’s why she’s setting the stage that way so conservative media can parrot the BS stats to “justify” his authoritarian changes and say they’re necessary

It’s a ridiculous statement because the media coverage should be debunking the stats but I’m sure it will be “President Trump claims blah blah blah” and they’ll help to further his attempted coup

[u/Frigguggi → u/Athleticsbaby]

I mean, honesty and integrity from Trump would in fact shock me.

[u/AvalancheBreakdown → u/Frigguggi]

“A little” honesty and integrity. Not that much, though.

[u/SuperfluousWingspan → u/AvalancheBreakdown]

Would still break new ground for trump

[u/AaronPK123 → u/[deleted]]

He was pretty ahead of his time huh.

[u/ImTooSaxy → u/AaronPK123]

Sounds like ANTIFA rhetoric to me. Maybe the FBI will have to pay him a visit. Where does this Fredrick Douglas reside?

[u/dxk3355 → u/ImTooSaxy]

Rochester, NY

[u/ALostVessel → u/AaronPK123]

Read his memoire. Heartbreaking.

[u/NicolasCageFan492 → u/AaronPK123]

He sure was. Queue Cue postmodernists trying to find a few bad things he did to destroy his character.

[u/Standard-Win-6600 → u/NicolasCageFan492]

Flawed people are capable of doing great things

[u/newswilson → u/Standard-Win-6600]

Everyone is flawed.

[u/scorpyo72 → u/Standard-Win-6600]

I'm still waiting for DJT to do something really great.

[u/accipitradea → u/NicolasCageFan492]

'Cue' means to signal someone to perform an action

'Queue' means to form an ordered line

[u/vivaldibot → u/accipitradea]

Thank you for your service

[u/NicolasCageFan492 → u/accipitradea]

Thank you, fixed!

[u/_imanalligator_ → u/[deleted]]

Wow,  I didn't know that was a Frederick Douglass quote. Am I misremembering, or isn't he who Trump was referring to when he said that idiotic "people are talking about him more and more" thing? Maybe he was on to something after all! 

[u/Last_Suggestion_8647 → u/[deleted]]

Well you don't need a lot of people to recall some senators, congressmen or federal judges.

[u/TheBroWhoLifts → u/[deleted]]

Ok so I quoted this last year and got a 3 DAY FUCKING BAN FOR IT.

[u/NurglesGiftToWomen]

No coincidence that Rubio declares war on “the left,” the WH door is reinforced, SCOTUS wants more security, and Trump is going to make election “adjustments.”

Edit: Miller’s Nazi speech was in there too

[u/RxngsXfSvtvrn → u/NurglesGiftToWomen]

I believe tonights speech, aside from the lies and rambling, will be a watershed speech in terms of setting the table for November and beyond

[u/TheChinOfAnElephant → u/RxngsXfSvtvrn]

They’ve done this in the past where they hype up the speech and everyone is like oh shit here we go again. Then he just does his usual rambling and nothing of importance is said.

So I’m just expecting more of that. He’s just going to talk about how we have to pass his bullshit act because that’s what Senator Gramp (he will say his name wrong of course) wanted

[u/Fabulous-Beach9027 → u/TheChinOfAnElephant]

remember his iran speech and about the "historic" rescue.

[u/AcronymEjr → u/TheChinOfAnElephant]

Seriously, this is how every one of these go. He'll read a poorly written speech, then he'll free associate for a bit and regurgitate the same BS he has been for years. A couple soundbites will make the news for a few days, and then we'll all forget about it. It's just therapy for Trump.

[u/DarthOldMan → u/AcronymEjr]

We may even get to hear that old trope about his uncle and the Unabomber.

[u/tinticred → u/TheChinOfAnElephant]

I hope you're right.

[u/BuyerAlive5271 → u/TheChinOfAnElephant]

He’s scared grasping at straws. The clock is ticking til November and there has been very little if any indication the GOP will continue to control both houses which is existentially a yuge problem for Trump.

Take it another level, they have been freaking out about communists for a few weeks now because like the rest of us they see that the left is actually moving to the left. That’s yuge because it’s not only the traditional dems potentially controlling congress, it’s an angry, younger, aggressive, more representative group starting to win the primary’s right now.

He’s shitting bricks and he should be.

[u/PointedlyDull → u/TheChinOfAnElephant]

Let’s hope. I’m fairly nervous

[u/EverybodyKurts → u/NurglesGiftToWomen]

He can't really make adjustments to how states run elections. Red states might follow along, but they were going to run interference for him either way.

[u/Hadrian23]

States. Control. Elections.
It's clear as god damn day in the constitution.
This shit is what leads to civil unrest.

[u/optimis344 → u/Hadrian23]

Well, for about 2 years now, the constitution hasn't mattered very much, and thats the problem.

It's clear as day what should happen, but there is nothing besides beliefs in laws to just stop places with republican legislature or goveners to try and hand him the power.

[u/given2fly_ → u/optimis344]

But I thought all the Republicans carried little copies of it everywhere they went, knew it back to front, and protected it vehemently?

Or was that only when the uppity Black man was President...

[u/OneTripleZero → u/given2fly_]

Like their Bibles?

[u/mhardegree → u/OneTripleZero]

They dont read those either

[u/VanCardboardbox → u/Hadrian23]

The institutions that uphold your constitution are made out of people, and nothing else. This turns out to be bad news.

[u/Alternative_Trade546 → u/Hadrian23]

Nope, the Supreme Court won’t allow that. They prevented the insurrectionist from being removed from the ballot last election already. Overriding states’ rights. The constitution is getting wiped all over their asses.

[u/Cultbird]

(Leavitt) said she had seen a lot of misreporting about the speech’s contents and that “everything” he says will be backed by evidence.

By evidence, she means lies.

[u/djevilatw → u/Cultbird]

Been no evidence to date of anything but a few scant cases of fraud.

There won’t be shit presented.

[u/Cultbird → u/djevilatw]

There won’t be shit presented.

Oh I'm betting there will be an abundance of shit presented, just no facts or evidence.

[u/FALCONX0N → u/Cultbird]

The evidence in every case will be too classified to release to the public but trust her it's there.

[u/DTCCCanSuckMyLeft → u/Cultbird]

It's been 6 years, and magically this evidence appears.

GOP only knows about manufacturing imaginary problems and eliminating rights while enriching themselves as solutions. This has been the case my entire life, Trump just doesn't have the "political suave" to hide it.

[u/mammaube]

Everyone go vote and don't let them stop you.

[u/rhetoricalnonsense → u/mammaube]

Everyone go vote and don't let them stop you.

To the top! Sounding like a broken record here but: VOTE. Get others vote. Get the word out to vote. If voting didn't matter Trump and MAGA wouldn't try so hard to cheat at it.

[u/FancyPantsDancer → u/mammaube]

The fact they're still going after election gives me a sliver of hope- because I don't think they'd waste their time if elections didn't still matter.

[u/OrganizedChaos1979]

Confidently stupid, this one. All of them.

[u/Ok-Acanthisitta9789 → u/OrganizedChaos1979]

she sounded dumb today at her presser.

[u/Chritt → u/Ok-Acanthisitta9789]

Isn't that every day?

[u/Dont_Touch_Me_There9]

Congress can end it all today by impeaching and removing this asshole.

[u/_C2J_ → u/Dont_Touch_Me_There9]

Mikey Johnson & Friends are enjoying their gravy train.

[u/reject_fascism → u/_C2J_]

Fetterman (D-PA) “actually this is really cool and Democrats are fucking idiots”

[u/FizzyBeverage → u/reject_fascism]

That guy better be packing up his office and running out for more boxes. He’s headed for retirement and he’s the last to know.

[u/9mackenzie → u/Dont_Touch_Me_There9]

Republicans are loving this shit- why would they impeach him?

[u/HotNReadyWings91991 → u/9mackenzie]

Republicans have never been happier. They’re dumber and poorer but hurr hurr we got them libruhs

[u/AmbivalentFanatic]

For anyone playing along with their bingo card, what happens is after they declare the opposition the enemy, which they did today, they have the excuse to start arresting as many registered Democrats as possible before the midterms.

[u/Illustrious-Bridge45 → u/AmbivalentFanatic]

Miller at the podium reminded me of Goebbels

[u/mercnasty12 → u/Illustrious-Bridge45]

Saw him referred to as 'Pee Wee German' earlier

[u/FIRST_DATE_ANAL → u/mercnasty12]

That sucks because Pee Wee is cool

[u/alQamar → u/FIRST_DATE_ANAL]

As a german: I’m also offended by this comparison. 

[u/Steezal → u/alQamar]

As a Canadian of German descent, and a huge Pee-Wee Herman fan, count me in as offended as well.

[u/ncklboy → u/Illustrious-Bridge45]

Wish.com Goebbels

[u/fyreprone → u/AmbivalentFanatic]

> …declare the opposition the enemy, which they did today

I haven’t been following, what happened today?

[u/thejimbo56 → u/fyreprone]

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1uya1zp/rubio_and_miller_warn_of_the_mortal_threat_of/

[u/agent_mick → u/fyreprone]

Liberals are apparently officially terrorists now according to Miller

[u/CuteKermit14 → u/AmbivalentFanatic]

No. They would go after the politicians. They are the easiest to grab after all.

[u/TheeJohnDunbar → u/AmbivalentFanatic]

I got a bad feeling he’s gonna take inspiration from sadam Hussein

[u/oldutnotdeadinside → u/AmbivalentFanatic]

They really do think that Americans will not revolt

[u/daizzy999 → u/oldutnotdeadinside]

Do you feel confident we would?

[u/MephistoHamProducts → u/daizzy999]

Can't have a revolution without leadership and that is one thing the US is severely lacking.

[u/Trakeen → u/oldutnotdeadinside]

Germans didn’t
We won’t

[u/Standing_on_rocks → u/oldutnotdeadinside]

I've yet to see it, as much as we absolutely should.

[u/TNlivinvol]

Fascism in full force 

[u/scorpiondeathlock86]

F this man. Blatantly criminal and always cheating in the most obvious ways. I'll never understand his following just blindly believing everything he says

[u/Actual__Wizard → u/scorpiondeathlock86]

That's how fascism works. They manipulate people into thinking that bad = good and good = bad.

[u/Fjdenigris]

They’ve convinced MAGA morons that it’s all rigged against him by the Dems, but who else really believes that? Who will stand up to him and what can the Dems do to stop him?

Can he federalize the election process without (properly) changing the constitution?

[u/SecretAsianMan42069 → u/Fjdenigris]

2016 Obama is in charge - Trump wins 2020 trump is in chsrge - Trump loses 2024 Biden is in charge - Trump wins

So he only lost when he "controlled" the elections

[u/WilliamMButtlickerIV → u/SecretAsianMan42069]

I mean, he's not wrong. There was foreign interference in 2020 elections... When he extorted Zelenksy to investigate Biden and was impeached for it...

[u/_C2J_ → u/Fjdenigris]

Massie is making his rounds today speaking against the BS. Would have been great if he could have done that, you know, before he was ousted.

[u/doyouevenIift → u/_C2J_]

He did. That’s why he was ousted lol

[u/Reasonable-Newt4079 → u/doyouevenIift]

He needs to pull every string he has to expose what's going on with McConnell and try to get his seat back.

[u/TheImpresario]

They can try to change it all they want but states run elections so it’s more of trumps whiny bullshit. Red states might be fucked though since they’ll go along with it.

[u/Ok_Juice4449 → u/TheImpresario]

Basically, he wants total control of everything.  When he can't, he pitches a fit.  Like a toddler.

[u/Beginning_Ad8663]

STATES RUN THE ELECTIONS

[u/Agentkeenan78 → u/Beginning_Ad8663]

They hate that little fact.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_ROTES → u/Agentkeenan78]

They hate all facts.

[u/wowlock_taylan]

Arrest them. End this coup.

[u/dart51984]

How is this not embarrassing if you’re a Republican? Like, they’re just full on admitting they can’t win without cheating. Maybe that means you people shouldn’t be in charge. Maybe you’re fucking awful at governing and an overwhelming majority of the country’s population has had enough. Maybe fuck off back to your racists basements for a while so the adults can clean up the mess of the last 10+ fucking years.

[u/Shapes_in_Clouds → u/dart51984]

No, it means Republicans are convinced the other side is cheating. And they have believed this for a long time, before Trump was ever elected. Why would they be embarrassed? They will be happy to feel validated no matter how many lies come out of Trumps mouth.

[u/FaithHopeLove821]

KKKaroline Leavitt responding to a question about why Trump won't let the 2020 election go

>> “You’re jumping ahead to a conclusion in the speech before even hearing it yourself,” she said.

No, we're using 6 years of evidence of this man not shutting the fuck up about the 2020 election, including the SAVE Act that dipshit is going to try and push tonight.

[u/KidKilobyte]

You people are so frustrating. Why won’t you just accept our lies.

[u/M23707]

Let’s go to the rule book:

Article 1; Section 4: Elections

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

[u/ResponsibleEmu6842 → u/M23707]

As if they have followed the constitution at all this time

[u/ofWildPlaces → u/ResponsibleEmu6842]

We must follow it even if they choose not to. The elections are up to us, not them.

[u/Pockydo]

If you have to come out and try to get ahead of a negative reaction it's gonna be bad

[u/LinkedGaming → u/Pockydo]

Trump got pissed off about something and now wants to make a speech ranting and raving about how pissed off he is about that thing. Some news article his staffers accidentally let him see mentioned that he lost 2020, and so now he's back on that fucking tirade. So now it's gotta be all of our problems, and the most his staffers can do is try to legitimize whatever insane shit he's about to spout like it has any basis in reality or semblance of reasonable thought and coherency, he tries to do a few things illegally and some judges tell him no, and then he bitches and rants and raves but he's already moved on to bitching about something else.

Like someone above me mentioned, he does this all the time. "OH THIS SPEECH IS GONNA BE THE BIG ONE" and then it's just 45 minutes of Trump slurring his words and rambling about 40 things at once until eventually he just gets tired and shuffles off.

[u/metal_birds1]

He can announce as many "adjustments" as he wants. States control elections.

[u/ohitsallpeaches]

Let's just split the US from Texas to North Carolina and everyone gets a year to move to the side they want. North gets socialism, South gets Fuhrer Trump.

I would love to see how they last longer than a week without a minority group to blame all of their insecurities on.

[u/__slamallama__]

Hmm adjusting votes by fractions of how legitimate someone feels they are?

I've heard of a compromise like this before.. something around 3/5?

[u/carthuscrass]

The federal government doesn't have a say in elections. That's very clearly stated in the Constitution.

[u/FloridaGatorAlum]

She might be the most obnoxious person the universe have ever brought upon itself. Absolutely insufferable human being. The fact she is allowed to breed should be criminal.

[u/One_Disaster_5995]

The planned raid of democracy is nigh.

Just grab it by the pussy. When you're president they let you do that.

[u/Rumsfeld1001]

More “evidence written in crayon” that Democrats stole election in 2020

[u/matthieuC]

So executive order to rig the midterms

[u/angrybox1842 → u/matthieuC]

He’s literally already tried that, I think there’s at least 2 voter ID executive orders winding their way through the courts and nothing is changing because states run elections.

[u/Creative-Package6213]

You guys need to wake up to the fact that he is going to tamper with elections again...

[u/onlynamenotaken]

No, they're not because states control elections.

[u/digiartist21]

This frightens me as a non american. Its like looking into the neighbor's house and seeing everyone chase each other around with chainsaws and imagining the impending bloodbath.

[u/RanchBaganch]

Oh, so election interference on the part of the president. Got it.

[u/Top-Resist-5172]

Dumb af to hold seats they were elected to and still be claiming the election was rigged. If it was rigged, you got your spot fraudulently.

[u/SISWIWH]

How much more of this bullshit do we have to endure before a general strike is called?  I'm tired. 

[u/LolaSupreme19]

Donald Trump and his allies filed 62 lawsuits in state and federal courts in their attempt to contest and overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

It’s ironic that only Trump lost the election but not any members of congress.

This entire drama is a smokescreen to erode public confidence in the elections and to restrict citizens from voting.

If Trump truly supported free and fair elections, he wouldn’t have fired the election assistance commission.

[u/aresef]

He has no constitutional authority to adjust anything about elections.

[u/DramaticWesley]

Election “adjustments” coming from one man, not Congress or the state legislatures that are supposed to actually run elections. We are in the middle stage of fascism. Not yet full fascism, but well on our way.

[u/Rafterman2]

This bitch should be #3 in the Nuremberg 2.0 trials, behind Donnie Dumbfuck and Stephen Naziferatu Miller.

[u/newtdawg44]

I still cant believe Americans elected this guy twice. I used to really look up to the United States.

[u/KHRZ]

The United States is so much more pathetic than Nazi Germany. Hitler got the votes with strong speeches and economy, but Americans just needed a rambling bufoon that already proved his incompetence over and over again to buy into fascism. WTF guys.

[u/ThatEvanFowler]

Skin tone chart next to the submission counter?

[u/Electrical-Law-5731]

Sorry we dont negotiate with terrorists.

[u/OccidoViper]

Democrats better be lawyering up and challenge this stupid shit. If he cancels elections, then there must be a general strike in this country

[u/AnohtosAmerikanos]

This administration can fuck right off into prison as soon as possible

[u/Intrepid_Being_3486]

My guess Trump will announce some bomb shell accusation about voter fraud in Georgia in 2020 based off ballots they seized. Nothing we will ever see proof of, just speculation, fabrication and gaslighting from this mythomaniac.

[u/0utandab0ut1]

Aka we will obstruct Democrat leaning voters and prevent a blue wave

[u/guns_mahoney]

Friendly reminder here that Trump is the mouthpiece. The billionaires, Christian nationalists, and Republican party are pulling the strings. If the party didn't like where this was going they could have him out of office immediately.

[u/Bizarrebazaars]

If you don’t vote this Midterms because you think “well my vote won’t matter anyway!” or stay home for any other reason that you’re deathly ill, or aren’t eligible to vote, or you’re just a lazy lump, or you “don’t care about politics,” you’re a fucking useless idiot. There, I said it, that’s it. Do not let them scare you into not voting!!

[u/Ummmgummy]

The guy has been saying 2020 was rigged for 6 years basically on a daily basis. And yet he's never once proved a single piece of evidence. I doubt he will have anything to say besides "whaaa whaaa whine whine " same old shit. No idea how this fucking moron has any followers still

[u/VixxenFoxx]

Elections are run by THE STATES.

What happened to the party of State's Rights ??

[u/xensiz]

Jefferies - We’ll reach across the aisle!

[u/KamKorn]

Damn it… she is back???

[u/platocplx → u/KamKorn]

And crazier than ever

[u/Illustrious-Bridge45]

In 2024, they overwhelmingly won in a broke system that suddenly needs "adjustments"?

[u/angrybox1842]

Good luck dude, you’ve only lost every elections case you’ve ever filed.

[u/symphonicrox]

This is really why Trump resumed the war. He’s got it in his little smooth pea-brain that if he causes enough turmoil, there’s simply not enough ability to pause a war to hold an election. He saw Russia attack Ukraine, and when Zelenskyy was asked at the White House why he hasn’t held an election due to the war, Trump said something like “I guess if you’re in war you don’t have to do it” 

Now he wants to make sure we are in war so he can have as long as possible without facing consequences for his actions. He’s a traitor. A dictator. A disgrace. A pedophile rapist. A war criminal. 

Where are our representatives in all this?? 

[u/MoulanRougeFae → u/symphonicrox]

We held elections during the Civil War. His bullshit won't stop elections. Maybe tonight the reaper will visit him while he's blubbering and shitting himself on tv. That would be good

[u/shagadelicrelic]

He's going to tell everyone how they're going to finish off democracy in America tonight. Once they completely take over the midterms, we'll never have to vote again because we won't able to or it just won't matter anymore. Good job to everyone who sat out in '24 and to all of the miserable fucks that voted for it, you killed America

[u/UCFSam]

I really don't want to watch this moron speak tonight, but I feel like I might as well take in the historic moment that our democracy dies.