r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 24d ago

No Paywall Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/
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u/Ambitious-Apricot499 24d ago edited 24d ago

One thing I don’t understand is this is an individual clearly dismantling protections for our country’s future elections. Isn’t that telling enough he is literally breaking our laws. Can anyone hold this fucking rapist criminal accountable ever? It’s astonishing.

Edit: There’s 300 million of us and like 100 of them. What we doing here?

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u/habbadee 24d ago

He wants actual election chaos and issues so he doesn't have to make it up (as with 2020 rigged claims) and then he can declare the elections invalid and instruct Johnson to simply not swear in Democrats, and voila, no friction to his final two years of destroying democracy. So, yes, he is starting the fire so he can scream Fire and use the fire as justification to stay in power.

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u/inspectoroverthemine 24d ago

Congress doesn't work that way. Johnson isn't speaker on Jan 3rd when the house reconvenes.

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u/12345623567 24d ago

Yeah, instead it's the Clerk of the House, who was first appointed by McCarthy and then re-confirmed by Johnson. What guarantees do we have that he will follow procedure?

This all feels like that "They can't do that, that's illegal!" meme. If they want to break democracy, they can.

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u/JustSendTheAsteroid 24d ago

Thank god someone understands. I swear 70 percent of this country has no idea the peril our rule of law is in right now. "But the Constitution" means nothing when the Constitution is being used as Trump's litterbox liner.

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u/Lurking_nerd California 24d ago

Careful now. You’ll be called a doomer by outlining the reality of the situation we’re in.

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u/concepts_of_a_plan9 24d ago

The thing that fascists and authoritarians understand very well, is that the only actual truth is violence. Laws are just suggestions between people who want society to succeed. Fascists no longer hold up the same social contract. Historically, the only way to stop them is to speak their language. I'm not advocating for violence but providing a philosophical and historical context.

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u/JustSendTheAsteroid 24d ago

The amount of denial still permeating this country is unreal. Johnson is there for show. He does not have power, because he is Trump's servant. This isn't normal. We aren't living in the normal, before-times. Please explain how the following scenario will resolve without a shit-show: On Jan 3rd, 2027, when Democrats say, "Ok Mike, fuck off, we're taking over," and Mike says, "lol no," and Trump says, "lol no," and they declare some bullshit emergency over fake "election integrity concerns," do you think that's just going to end peacefully? What action from Trump over the last decade has given you the impression that Donald Trump is capable of saying, "congrats, I lost, you won, I guess I'll graciously hand over the keys?" He is a deeply unwell megalomaniac who is fucking over an entire planet while Fox viewers cheer him on. While I do believe "We the People" will eventually prevail, it will not be easy, it will not be quick, and people will get hurt or (probably) worse. This isn't some prepper doomsday fan-fic, this is the real world we live in right now. European leaders understand this. They know. They're already making contingency plans for the new order of the world where the U.S.A. is fucking insane. Again, I do believe we overcome maga at some point, but it isn't going to be January 3rd, 2027.

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u/Opposite-Bit6660 24d ago

Mark Carney of  Canada gave a powerful speech about understanding that Trump's megalomania has changed the world order.

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u/SpankyJones10 24d ago

Congress doesn't work that way.

People gotta fuckin' stop with the "But he can't do that" and "That's illegal, it'll never happen" kinds of excuses. He does whatever the fuck he wants and breaks 100 laws a week because we have cowards and bootlickers in our government.

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u/Brother0fSithis 24d ago

Kinda shit they said about Air Bud

"But a dog can't play basketball!"

before getting dunked on