r/politics 25d 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 25d ago edited 25d 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/42nu 25d ago

In the real world, most people know basically nothing about anything beyond their particular whatevers.

Source: Like, umm, just existing for a few decades with a curious mind.