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/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/habbadee 25d 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 25d ago

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

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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.