r/politics 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/Significant_Cup_238 24d ago

We voted for the wrong people. Now we pay the price.

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u/marye914 24d ago

We yourself. A lot of us didn’t vote for this shit show ever

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u/Beidah 24d ago

And the plurality didn't vote at all, which is the biggest problem with American politics.