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’

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’

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.

  • GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world
    305·
    17 hours ago

    Fishermen getting bombed, civilians getting kidnapped, civilians getting executed, foreign leaders getting abducted, rapists getting protected. None of these things were apparently bad enough to call for a general strike. But now that their elections and their power is at risk, all of a sudden they really want a general strike. Dems are just a different side of the same coin, a bunch of power greedy rich fucks who are happy with all the fascism.

    • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Yes, lesser of two evils. It’s a shitty choice, but there’s still a right answer.

      If you’re charismatic, energetic, influential, and invincible enough, please create and push for a better third option.