In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

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.

  • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
    40·
    14 hours ago

    Just go ahead and plan for the general strike.

    We don’t need to fucking wait for the meddling to happen then act all surprised and disgusted when it does.

    They’re fucking saying they’re going to do it right now. They’ve been saying it for over a year. They were saying it in 2020. It was on the recordings. The Garland slow walked the election interference case and acted all surprised when the charges were instantly dropped after trump took over the DOJ.

    So. Let’s organize a general strike, right fucking now. Let’s plan for it to happen in October ahead of the election.

    They are going to fuck with it. They’re fucking with it now.

    The time to plan and organize is now. We don’t need a plan for a plan for an organization.

    Democracy is ending right now. Today. Let’s fucking go.

    • witten@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 hours ago

      Resistance groups across the country are already organizing this. You should get plugged into them if you want to help.