• pewter@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    He probably didn’t. He was polling very well. Very well. Better than his last two elections for a long time. People pretended he couldn’t win and I admittedly didn’t think they’d do that since that’s exactly what happened in 2016.

    Simply assuming the election was stolen will be a mistake because that mindset will help Republicans win their next election. The voters wanted an irreparably changed supreme court and Trump functionally immune from prosecution and that’s what the voters got.

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      3 days ago

      I reformatted my post for clarity if that helps. I have been trying to gather reputable sources and more info as story unfolds and I think I let it get too messy.

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      2 days ago

      There are reasons to want Congress to stop him apart from “stealing” the election (which I don’t think happened). Particularly the 14th amendment which states insurrectionists cannot hold office.

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      3 days ago

      Um, or not realizing the danger we are literally in right now will be a mistake.

      Think of what Trump has literally said:

      • He wants a purge night, and a purge for “woke” military members (this is literally a military take over by Russia)
      • He wants to take away freedom of speech for leftists
      • He wants to end birthright citizenship
      • You will never vote again after this election

      There won’t be a next election. He is a Russian asset meant to take all of our money and kill us. The voters didn’t decide anything, Russia did. To kill us.