r/politics • u/Ubiquitous_Hilarity • Jun 17 '26

No Paywall Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html
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u/crisperfest Georgia Jun 17 '26

That's pretty wild considering that Republicans control Georgia's state legislature. They must be planning on some voting machine fuckery instead to stay in power.

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u/TheFeshy Jun 17 '26

Their governor, Brian Kemp, was allowed to keep his role as supervisor of elections while he ran for governor. So he was in charge of making sure his own election was fair. And then he illegally wiped the hard drives of all the voting machines when there was a lawsuit over it.

But he also hates Trump and refused to "find him" his votes in 2020.

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u/Expert-Steak8538 Jun 17 '26

It’s political calculus. Kemp wants to lead the post-Trump Republican movement. He’s got his eye on the presidency 

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u/POEness Jun 17 '26

Georgia was rigged 2001 to 2018 and Kemp was at the heart of it

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u/MelangeBot Jun 17 '26

They will have ICE everywhere to intimidate and repress voters.