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RussBLib

(9,005 posts)
Mon May 25, 2020, 12:46 PM May 2020

"It will be the greatest rigged election in history"

So tweeted Trump, on the 'danger' (to not only Trump, but all Republicans, allegedly) if mail-in voting is adopted in all states. (Nevermind that the facts show that, in those areas that have been using mail-in voting, no particular party has an advantage.)

We know that Trump has a habit of "projection". He could be informing us that the upcoming election is already rigged to re-elect Trump, despite him being way down to Biden virtually everywhere.

So there it is.

It will be up to all of us, but especially the press and the remaining elected officials with integrity, to prevent that from happening.

Or, it could be that Trump is just trolling us. Again.

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RussBLib

(9,005 posts)
5. Sure as hell oughta be
Mon May 25, 2020, 12:53 PM
May 2020

Could be one of the most lopsided in history, if the slow hand of justice is upheld.

struggle4progress

(118,237 posts)
2. "How can I deflect an investigation into my pretense of living in Florida and my own mail-in vote?
Mon May 25, 2020, 12:50 PM
May 2020

I know! I shall accuse the Democrats of fraud!"

RussBLib

(9,005 posts)
7. Time and again,
Mon May 25, 2020, 01:00 PM
May 2020

Allegations of "voter fraud" get disproved. Yet the GOP persists. It is a convenient cover, and excuse, for more laws to enact voter suppression. Whittle off a few hundred here, a few thousand there, pretty soon you have GOP everywhere.

What is still overlooked is "election fraud", much more easily done by electronics, and software, and dishonest brokers in just the wrong places.

Surely we can get to a place where everyone can trust elections.

RussBLib

(9,005 posts)
6. Can it be true that Trump's base does not care
Mon May 25, 2020, 12:55 PM
May 2020

That he owes millions, and probably hundreds of millions of dollars, to Russians? Can they be that stupid, he asked, incredulously?

I heard that on Morning Joe this morning.

ProfessorGAC

(64,877 posts)
8. It's True
Mon May 25, 2020, 01:01 PM
May 2020

But, some don't believe it because they do still believe the failure is a billionaire.
My bet is he has less than 2x the total of what he "borrowed" & inherited.
Meaning a 2fold increase over 48 years.
Roughly 1.5% per year.
In the 70s, bank accounts were paying 4%.

CrispyQ

(36,424 posts)
9. Where is the media calling him out on states that already have vote-by-mail?
Mon May 25, 2020, 01:10 PM
May 2020

We've had it for a few elections, now. I think Oregon has been voting by mail for years.

https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/pages/voteinor.aspx

Oregon has the most convenient voting system in the country. Since adopting vote-by-mail, Oregon consistently ranks as a national leader in voter turnout.

Registered voters receive a ballot two to three weeks before an election, giving time to research issues or candidates.

Voters also receive an official ballot to complete and insert into the security envelope which is placed in the ballot return envelope and signed by the voter. The ballot return envelope can be stamped and mailed or dropped off at any official drop box​across the state. If a voter casts their ballot after the Wednesday before an election, the ballot should be left at a drop box site to ensure it's counted.

Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day.​​​​​​​​



The bolded text is why repubs are against vote-by-mail.

SKKY

(11,797 posts)
10. For once, 45 is actually 100% correct.
Mon May 25, 2020, 01:13 PM
May 2020

By trying to prohibit mail-in voting, the GOP is trying to rig the election in their favor. By that measure, it would be the greatest rigged election in history.

GoCubsGo

(32,075 posts)
11. I think he's actually preemptively trying to delegitimize a Biden election.
Mon May 25, 2020, 01:24 PM
May 2020

Everyone knows he's going to cheat. We see it happening already, with the various smear campaigns (See: Reade, Tara.) and Russian Twitter bot plagues. Those aren't working, so he is trying to tar Biden as the actual cheater.

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