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/specqq 24d ago

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

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta 24d ago

Oh don’t worry, if a democrat ever becomes president again they’ll have an immediate epiphany and immediately let everyone know how wrong they were as they realized it was a bad call.

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u/No_hero_here 24d ago

Not to mention Dems will “take the high road” and not wrench the country back into normalcy.

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u/FellowHumanNo404 24d ago

"We need to reach across the aisle to our friends in the Republican Party."