Comment by goatlover

Comment by goatlover 5 days ago

There's going to be a lot of pressure on Democrats from their base to hold people accountable for what happens during Trump's 2nd term. And there is going to be some new blood that runs on that. You have state governors like Newsom, Pritizker and Waltz documenting abuses with future accountability in mind.

What baffles me is how conservatives supporting the current government overreach aren't worried about the coming backlash. Do they think they'll just win all the future elections? Even when there is no more Trump?

lovich 5 days ago

They’re ruling like they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again, which is why people are scared about future elections being fair and free

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direwolf20 4 days ago

They've also shown plans to sabotage or cancel the next two major elections.

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ModernMech 5 days ago

> Do they think they'll just win all the future elections?

There's a degree of that. But really it's learned behavior; MAGA literally sacked the Capitol in a violent insurrection and Democrats managed to botch the response to that. The only reason we're talking about future malfeasance is because Democrats didn't punish past malfeasance, thereby shifting the Overton window. And of course this goes back further than Jan 6 -- Trump might actually get a pardon from the next Democratic president if history repeats.

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magicalhippo 5 days ago

> Do they think they'll just win all the future elections?

Let's say the administration require physical in-person voting due to supposedly mail-in vote fraud and similar in past elections, like when Trump lost.

Then they place a bunch of ICE agents outside of each voting location, checking any immigrants and others they've declared unwanted that are about to vote. Suddenly a lot of democratic voters no longer feel safe voting.

Will the democrats still win?

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