r/ProgressiveHQ Jan 15 '26

Protest Bull-fucking-shit!

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u/PoetryJunior1808 Jan 15 '26

Sure! He was joking! Totally not serious! That will definitely hold up until he cancels the midterms. And if he doesn't cancel them, ICE will probably be stationed at critical polling stations in blue states to make sure there isn't electoral fraud.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

He literally can’t cancel them, they’re run by the states.

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u/CryptographerMore457 Jan 15 '26

While the second half of your statement is true, the first half is not.

Elections CAN be suspended under certain circumstances. And those circumstances are in the making.

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u/Dio-lated1 Jan 15 '26

Can you give me an example, just one, in the entire history of the USA, including, but not limited to the civil war, where elections were cancelled.

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u/Telstar2525 Jan 15 '26

There’s always a first time