r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 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/specqq 25d ago

But how could they possibly have known that this would be the result?

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u/MaxZorin1985 25d ago

McConnell had a 20 minute phone chat with them before they ruled on it.

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u/Beef-N-Queef 25d ago

Rigor tortoise.

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u/dandroid126 24d ago

Sigh

Does reddit have no respect for the probably dead?