- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/58550623
The Democratic senator Ruben Gallego has proposed that, should Donald Trump try to sabotage the midterm elections, Americans should respond with a general strike that would “grind the country to a halt”.
Earlier this week the US president called for Republicans to “take over” and “nationalise” voting in at least 15 unspecified locations, repeating his false claims that elections are plagued by widespread fraud.
On Thursday Gallego, a senator for Arizona and an Iraq war veteran, warned that Trump could seek to interfere with the November midterms that will determine control of Congress – and urged citizens to fight fire with fire.
Doing it AFTER the midterms is too late.
The election will be stolen and no amount of striking will get a NEW election to happen. Furthermore Trump will continue to have unfettered control of all 3 branches of the government, the military, and a paramilitary police force answerable only to him.
A strike at that point will lead to nothing less than civil war.
It makes me sick to say this but civil war is coming if we want it or not. Truthfully, it is already being fought by one side and the other is run my Chuck Schumer. Get ready.
“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be” – Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
If shit goes down and it’s mad max up in this bitch, I will make it my life’s remaining mission to personally hunt down every single name penned to Project 2025, starting with this guy!
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ya if this happens I’m not protesting, me and my family are leaving the country.
Do you have a realistic plan to leave?
My partner and I are seriously talking about putting things in place so we can ya, have a couple options, some better than others, some more expensive than others. Looking at Costa Rica and Panama, Portugal is a high contender, potentially Mexico. I’d love Thailand or Vietnam also. Definitely expensive though, and we have prep work, but we are going to play it by ear and make sure we have options. I’m a combat vet and engineer, and she’s a former teacher and now an electrician, I think we can probably find work, even if under the table to get by wherever we go.We are pretty resourceful.
Using LLMs is a great way to get a sense of what visas might work, timelines practically, costs (though definitely expecting 25% or more than what it estimates)