Trump lost moving on with new year go Biden

blkdlaur said:
I just wanna know what you’re gonna do if Bernie gets the nomination ????

I DO feel your pain :|

Much as I HATE to say it cause I’m not a fan - John Kerry woulda been a decent candidate - seems like the Dems timing has gone very wrong.

Great avatar !!!
“Colt .45” or “Fort Worth” I reckon - not sure which one :|
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I like John Kerry...always have....would have preferred him in 2016....and especially now

test your avatar skils tomorrow wo
 
Cpt. Bonespurs cares not for the military......hell he even makes fun of Gold Star families


Donald Trump's disrespect for the military is appalling ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/...
Feb 29, 2016 · Donald Trump has disparaged many a group – most recently, he refused to flat-out denounce white supremacy – but his transgressions against the military have been less remarked upon




More than 1,000 veterans speak out against Trump's 'sustained attacks' on Vindman

More than 1,000 military veterans have signed on to a letter condemning President TrumpDonald John TrumpChasten Buttigieg: 'I've been dealing with the likes of Rush Limbaugh my entire life'Lawmakers paint different pictures of Trump's 'opportunity zone' programWe must not turn our heads from the effects of traumatic brain injuriesMORE over his "sustained attacks" on Lt. Col. Alexander VindmanAlexander VindmanMore than 1,000 veterans speak out against Trump's 'sustained attacks' on Vindman MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace says she'll 'gladly' vote for SandersCongress looks to strengthen hand in State Department following impeachmentMORE, the Army official who provided damaging testimony during the House's impeachment inquiry and was later recalled from the White House's National Security Council (NSC).

The letter, which was organized by the anti-Trump group National Security Action, condemned the dismissal of Vindman and his twin brother, Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, saying it suggests that Trump is prioritizing "a personal vendetta over our national security."

The full veterans' statement condemning Trump's treatment of Vindman is available here: https://t.co/hhdiPIK00K pic.twitter.com/9BQcqbI8ID
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"Trump believes that he can assail LTC Vindman with impunity, knowing that the latter is, by law, barred from speaking out," the letter reads. "The President should know, however, that, despite taking aim at one Army officer, he has targeted anyone who currently wears  —  or has worn  —  the uniform."

Vindman was escorted out of the White House and told to leave the NSC just days after the Senate voted to acquit Trump of the impeachment articles approved in the House. His brother was removed from his position on the same day. National security adviser Robert O'Brien said the two have since returned to their posts at the Pentagon.

The White House has pushed back against suggestions that the recalls were in retaliation to the testimony Vindman offered during the impeachment inquiry, when he said that he found Trump's July 25 phone conversation with the Ukrainian president to be inappropriate and that he had reported it to his superiors.

But Trump has consistently railed against Vindman following the testimony. He's claimed that Vindman was "very insubordinate" and has suggested that the military should consider additional disciplinary action for him.

"The president's slander ... further undermines military discipline and public trust in an institution for which there are few more precious commodities," the letter from National Security Action adds.

Signatories of the letter include former U.S. Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, former Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall and former Connecticut Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Shepard Stone, The Military Times first reported.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has indicated that there would be no further punishment for Vindman, saying the Pentagon protects service members from retribution.

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Veterans Against Trump 16 hrs · The Vindman brothers are brilliant American patriots. The president is a scheming, preening, corrupt, ignorant, incompetent crook with a bird's nest on his head and too much bronzer on his face who should be in Leavenworth.

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Trump endorses war crimes such as ******* and deliberate bombing of civilians. Veterans must oppose Trump because they all took an oath in defense of America, the Constitution, and the values Americans hold dear. Veterans swore to uphold domestic laws such as the Posse Comitatus Act,...

Donald Trump's disrespect for the military is appalling ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/29/donald-trump-disrespect-military...
Feb 29, 2016 · Trump’s disrespect of veterans began long before the current election cycle. On the Howard Stern show back in 1997, sandwiched in between a bunch of embarrassing comments about women, Trump compared his sex life in the 1980s to a war experience. “I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world.

Half of active-duty service members are unhappy with Trump ...
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Dec 17, 2019 · A new Military Times survey of active duty troops reveals that President Trump's favorability among service members continues to slide. Approval of the president's performance has been on …

Support for Trump is fading among active-duty troops, new ...
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Oct 15, 2018 · Enlisted men show Trump the most overwhelming support. Military women, meanwhile, have a much harsher view of Trump’s time in office. Officers still have a lower opinion of his presidency than enlisted troops. The poll, which includes responses from nearly 900 active-duty troops …
 
Russia Predicts Donald Trump Will Win the 2020 Election but Then an 'Extreme Leftist' Will Be President

Russia's economic chief predicted that President Donald Trump would be re-elected in 2020, earning him a second term, followed by a radical shift in U.S. political leadership.

Russia Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin told students gathered at Kommersant's Academy of Journalism that "the likely political scenario in America is that Trump will be re-elected for a second term and later he will be replaced by a Democrat, who will be an extreme leftist. I see this as the most probable scenario." He added that "a left-wing Democrat could emerge now if America comes up against an economic crisis earlier than by the next election," as translated by Russia's state-run Tass news agency.

Oreshkin then suggested that Trump's success was tied to global events and the course of a country that was "not a society of equal opportunities anymore."

"America's shattered stability is visible in its economic performance," Oreshkin continued. "The rate of labor productivity over the past 10-15 years has substantially slowed down because the quality of human resources and social mobility has actually worsened. America has splintered into several various parts: New York, California, maybe Texas, and several other major areas. And then there is the rest of America, which turned out to be flyover country cast aside by that strata of society."

Oreshkin went on to criticize the accumulation of U.S. wealth by only 20 companies and 1 million people, according to his estimate. He said that the "dissatisfied" population who "lost out in this process" have been "told now that China and Mexico, which snapped up their jobs, are entirely to blame for this," giving Trump a platform for his agenda. Oreshkin said "that's why even though he lost New York and California, the majority of voters cast their ballots for him." Trump actually lost the popular vote by a margin of nearly 3 million in 2016.

The election was fraught with controversy, as the two-party top runners Trump—a billionaire real estate mogul with a celebrity background and no prior political experience—and his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton—a former secretary of state and New York senator who was once the first lady—battled it out with vitriol. As Clinton faced scrutiny for having used a private email server during her tenure as the nation's top diplomat and of conspiring against democratic socialist contender Senator Bernie Sanders, the Trump campaign was accused of potentially colluding with Russia to secure the election.

Trump has continued to face investigations into alleged ties between his bid for the highest office in the nation and Moscow. Both the president and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have repeatedly denied any such connections, and a nearly two-year investigation has yet to produce any evidence, though several figures close to Trump have faced legal ramifications.


A Washington Post-ABC poll from late January came to a similar result of 56 percent of people in the U.S. saying they would "definitely not vote" for Trump. Among the most critical of Trump's policies is an emerging left-wing section of the Democratic Party, from which candidates for next year's presidential race have begun to surface.

Sanders, the independent who lost his last bid to Clinton, has already announced his intentions to run, reportedly raising up to $10 million for his goal in less than a week. Among those joining him would be Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a fierce critic of U.S. military interventions abroad. Trump, who has long criticized "endless wars" waged across the globe, has so far continued campaigns launched by his predecessors—though he has pledged to withdraw troops from Syria—and threatened new actions against Iran and Venezuela.


Russia is meddling in 2020 campaign to help Trump ...
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1 hour ago · Russia is already interfering in the 2020 campaign to help President Donald Trump toward reelection, according to a briefing given to the bipartisan House Intelligence Committee last …

Russia is interfering in 2020 election to help Donald ...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8026759/Russia-interfering-2020-election-help...
Russia is interfering AGAIN in 2020 election to help Donald Trump get a second term, intelligence officials secretly told Congress - prompting fury from president and Republicans Intelligence...
 
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Is it possible that the government could create something to regulate the internet to its advantage?
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The government is already into too much stuff as it is, @Hottobe cucked! That's why I like crypto because, for once, the average person like you and me can finally own something ourselves without the banks or the government dipping in our business though of course, the IRS always wants there damn share! Anything to abuse the working American!
 
well *******.....we can't let all those minorities vote...got to stop the poor from voting also...…..hell they usually don't vote how the RNC tells them to


Trump, RNC announce $10 million plan to battle Dems on voting lawsuits

President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee are pumping more than $10 million into a legal campaign challenging Democratic voting-related lawsuits and building a massive Election Day operation.

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subhub174014 said:
well *******.....we can't let all those minorities vote...got to stop the poor from voting also...…..hell they usually don't vote how the RNC tells them to


Trump, RNC announce $10 million plan to battle Dems on voting lawsuits

President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee are pumping more than $10 million into a legal campaign challenging Democratic voting-related lawsuits and building a massive Election Day operation.

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Not attempting to instigate disagreement each American citizen that is qualified has the right to vote. Those criminals in jail or out on parole until they have fully payed their debt to society have forfeited that right. Immigrants not yet citizens should not be considered qualified until they take their oath. Here in Maine they take steps to allow shut ins the opportunity to vote by absentee ballots, they have people to enter the nursing homes so the residents can caste their ballets. I volunteered at a 4 story nursing home across the street from my apartment for 6 years so I witnessed early voting. Voter fraud in this country should be strictly controlled in America.
 
Hottobe cucked said:
Not attempting to instigate disagreement each American citizen that is qualified has the right to vote. Those criminals in jail or out on parole until they have fully payed their debt to society have forfeited that right. Immigrants not yet citizens should not be considered qualified until they take their oath. Here in Maine they take steps to allow shut ins the opportunity to vote by absentee ballots, they have people to enter the nursing homes so the residents can caste their ballets. I volunteered at a 4 story nursing home across the street from my apartment for 6 years so I witnessed early voting. Voter fraud in this country should be strictly controlled in America.
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Absentee voting, in many states (including NC, here) make absentee voting forms a matter of public record. I've already told this story in other parts of these forums, but we had two Republicans who took it on themselves in the two districts they were in, to go around and visit EACH person who requested an AVF, then, they would assist them in filling out the forms (supposedly to avoid mistakes that would disqualify their votes), some even allowed these guys to fill the forms out for them, then just sign them. Then, here's the REAL kicker, they volunteered to take the forms to the appropriate poling locations for them. Of course, unbeknownst to these voters, the Republicans would discard the Democrat forms, and only deliver the Republican voted forms. Another Republican, in charge of a specific poling location, was going in and pulling OUT the forms where the votes were Democrat. Several hundred done this way.
Now, you would THINK that with two guys going to prison for this, and the fact that voting forms were so easily tampered with, that our Republican- run state legislation would demand that the issues be addressed and FIXED, right? Nope ... our Republicans didn't do a thing to FIX those problems, but Republicans continued complaining, however, that people, in the thousands, were voting illegally, thus why we needed to close poling locations, eliminate same day registration & voting, eliminating on-campus registration, eliminating party-line voting, cutting the early voting days and voting hours, as well as demand a specific voter ID that many OLDER citizens would have problems getting. And in Boone, NC, they closed one of the two poling locations and THEN located the ONLY remaining poling location over two miles from where it was, with little or no parking facilities for voters to park. Of course all this was actually to create huge LINES at the voting precincts so voters would get frustrated and not vote, which is EXACTLY what did happened in 2014, 2016, and even 2018. Pray tell me, how is what they were and are doing here in local elections to keep voting down, any different than what the Russians and Trump are doing with the national election.

Our state of North Carolina is now notoriously known as the most corrupt voting state in the ENTIRE United States. Our districts were so gerrymandered in 2014,16, and 18 that it took 1.3 Democrat voters to win a seat against each 1 Republican seat. A federal judge (on the 3rd court request) demanded that 3 of the districts be fixed immediately back to how they were 8 years ago ... so in district 2, the Republican who held that seat refused to RUN this year ... to my knowledge the seat is still OPEN with no Republican challenger.

Go check it out!
 
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Not attempting to instigate disagreement each American citizen that is qualified has the right to vote. Those criminals in jail or out on parole until they have fully payed their debt to society have forfeited that right. Immigrants not yet citizens should not be considered qualified until they take their oath. Here in Maine they take steps to allow shut ins the opportunity to vote by absentee ballots, they have people to enter the nursing homes so the residents can caste their ballets. I volunteered at a 4 story nursing home across the street from my apartment for 6 years so I witnessed early voting. Voter fraud in this country should be strictly controlled in America.
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I won't argue that...…..but the right seems to be taking it to new extremes the last few years.....for example you would think that having a drivers license should just cover it...…….but do you know how many people really don't have one?...….another state I am familiar with.....when you move to a new location you request a new voter ID for you at that location.....it takes a month or so to get...…..so if you should move before voting time...you can't vote....although that doesn't really single out certain people....it gets all....but again.....then you have the gerrymandering in some states...…….the closing of some voting stations in other states making it hard to get to a voting place if you don't have transportation...……..shutting some down at a certain time even with people still out there to vote


there are simple ways that could apply to have a voter ID that would cover it.....but the right doesn't want that.....there are ways to end gerrymandering....the right has been sued several times over it and still refuses to follow a judges request...…...and a little better "care" taken at the voting stations or if long lines add more people or more voting stations

this country fought for the right to vote....it is what we are about...…ever hear of the Boston Tea Party?....."No Taxation without Representation".....and now the right is trying to do something our founding fathers fought and died for......if you are a citizen.....there is no reason you should not be able to vote!

Arnold Swarchenegger has a you tube vid out on it once...….and was making speeches about it...…..and in some states it is very true...….in some areas our representatives are picking the voters ...NOT the voter picking the representative...with the gerrymandering and voter laws...…….and then you go back to the right's policy of anything to win



Opinion | Five Ways Republicans Are Threatening Voting ...
https://www.nytimes.com/.../five-ways-republicans-are-threatening-voting-rights.html
Nov 07, 2016 · Five Ways Republicans Are Threatening Voting Rights. By ... where a court in July struck down a 2013 voter ID law whose restrictions took aim at black voters, Republicans

‘They Don’t Really Want Us to Vote’: How Republicans Made ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/voting-suppression-elections.html
Nov 03, 2018 · ‘They Don’t Really Want Us to Vote’: How Republicans Made It Harder. ... “we might not vote the way they want us to vote.” While restrictions are on the rise in some states, others have ...

Republicans ditch democracy, inflict agenda on voters that ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/10/republicans-ditch-democracy-inflict...
Dec 10, 2018 · America's future depends on whether Democrats can expand voting rights faster than the GOP can restrict them. ... of voters is possible in large ... hindered in any way by making voters ..

Letter: Republicans want to suppress the vote | Hilton ...
https://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article99274207.html
The larger the turnout the more likely Democrats and liberals will win elections. Republicans need to suppress the vote any way possible in order to win. So numerous states, most with Republican ...
 
Arnold Schwarzenegger on Trump and Gerrymandering - The ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/arnold-schwarzenegger-trump...
Sep 25, 2019 · “It’s the politicians that are looking for voters,” Schwarzenegger said, “rather than the voters picking the politicians … It took 200 years, but people are finally waking up to this scam.” He...

Schwarzenegger Wants to 'Terminate' Gerrymandering ...
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/arnold...
Mar 26, 2019 · Movie star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined forces with former Attorney General Eric Holder to help combat gerrymandering. The pair spoke at a National Press Club event Tuesday, according to The Hill, and Schwarzenegger briefly morphed into one of the iconic characters he's played on the big screen.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Right About Gerrymandering
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sexy-headline...
Mar 20, 2017 · “Gerrymandering has created an absurd reality where politicians now pick their voters instead of the voters picking their politicians,” the former …
 
and trump is pissed....he doesn't want people to know! Fired the guy that was just doing his job keeping people in congress informed


Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump

WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said, a disclosure to Congress that angered Mr. Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him

The day after the Feb. 13 briefing to lawmakers, the president berated Joseph Maguire, the outgoing acting director of national intelligence, for allowing it to take place, people familiar with the exchange said. Mr. Trump was particularly irritated that Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and the leader of the impeachment proceedings, was at the briefing.

During the briefing to the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Trump’s allies challenged the conclusions, arguing that he had been tough on Russia and that he had strengthened European security.

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and naturally the right is pissed...…..party over country you know!
 
subhub174014 said:
and trump is pissed....he doesn't want people to know! Fired the guy that was just doing his job keeping people in congress informed


Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump

WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said, a disclosure to Congress that angered Mr. Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him

The day after the Feb. 13 briefing to lawmakers, the president berated Joseph Maguire, the outgoing acting director of national intelligence, for allowing it to take place, people familiar with the exchange said. Mr. Trump was particularly irritated that Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and the leader of the impeachment proceedings, was at the briefing.

During the briefing to the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Trump’s allies challenged the conclusions, arguing that he had been tough on Russia and that he had strengthened European security.

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and naturally the right is pissed...…..party over country you know!
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subhub174014 said:
I won't argue that...…..but the right seems to be taking it to new extremes the last few years.....for example you would think that having a drivers license should just cover it...…….but do you know how many people really don't have one?...….another state I am familiar with.....when you move to a new location you request a new voter ID for you at that location.....it takes a month or so to get...…..so if you should move before voting time...you can't vote....although that doesn't really single out certain people....it gets all....but again.....then you have the gerrymandering in some states...…….the closing of some voting stations in other states making it hard to get to a voting place if you don't have transportation...……..shutting some down at a certain time even with people still out there to vote


there are simple ways that could apply to have a voter ID that would cover it.....but the right doesn't want that.....there are ways to end gerrymandering....the right has been sued several times over it and still refuses to follow a judges request...…...and a little better "care" taken at the voting stations or if long lines add more people or more voting stations

this country fought for the right to vote....it is what we are about...…ever hear of the Boston Tea Party?....."No Taxation without Representation".....and now the right is trying to do something our founding fathers fought and died for......if you are a citizen.....there is no reason you should not be able to vote!

Arnold Swarchenegger has a you tube vid out on it once...….and was making speeches about it...…..and in some states it is very true...….in some areas our representatives are picking the voters ...NOT the voter picking the representative...with the gerrymandering and voter laws...…….and then you go back to the right's policy of anything to win



Opinion | Five Ways Republicans Are Threatening Voting ...
https://www.nytimes.com/.../five-ways-republicans-are-threatening-voting-rights.html
Nov 07, 2016 · Five Ways Republicans Are Threatening Voting Rights. By ... where a court in July struck down a 2013 voter ID law whose restrictions took aim at black voters, Republicans

‘They Don’t Really Want Us to Vote’: How Republicans Made ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/voting-suppression-elections.html
Nov 03, 2018 · ‘They Don’t Really Want Us to Vote’: How Republicans Made It Harder. ... “we might not vote the way they want us to vote.” While restrictions are on the rise in some states, others have ...

Republicans ditch democracy, inflict agenda on voters that ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/10/republicans-ditch-democracy-inflict...
Dec 10, 2018 · America's future depends on whether Democrats can expand voting rights faster than the GOP can restrict them. ... of voters is possible in large ... hindered in any way by making voters ..

Letter: Republicans want to suppress the vote | Hilton ...
https://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article99274207.html
The larger the turnout the more likely Democrats and liberals will win elections. Republicans need to suppress the vote any way possible in order to win. So numerous states, most with Republican ...
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Again I am not a Republican as such, I have followed (observed) both Parties for years always attempting to choose to vote for the best candidate for our country not a certain party. Gerrymandering is disgusting whom ever attempts to use it. It is not a case of my choosing to vote Republican or Democrat, I vote for the best person I feel this country needs, I am sorry but I will not vote for any of the democrats still in the race over Trump.

My thoughts are that voting rights are subject to restrictions and criminals forfeit that right. I don't know about every state but here in Maine if someone fails to pay baby support, they lose their driving privileges, get their wages attached, lose income tax rebates, can lose property and in a few cases be jailed.
 
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Absentee voting, in many states (including NC, here) make absentee voting forms a matter of public record. I've already told this story in other parts of these forums, but we had two Republicans who took it on themselves in the two districts they were in, to go around and visit EACH person who requested an AVF, then, they would assist them in filling out the forms (supposedly to avoid mistakes that would disqualify their votes), some even allowed these guys to fill the forms out for them, then just sign them. Then, here's the REAL kicker, they volunteered to take the forms to the appropriate poling locations for them. Of course, unbeknownst to these voters, the Republicans would discard the Democrat forms, and only deliver the Republican voted forms. Another Republican, in charge of a specific poling location, was going in and pulling OUT the forms where the votes were Democrat. Several hundred done this way.
Now, you would THINK that with two guys going to prison for this, and the fact that voting forms were so easily tampered with, that our Republican- run state legislation would demand that the issues be addressed and FIXED, right? Nope ... our Republicans didn't do a thing to FIX those problems, but Republicans continued complaining, however, that people, in the thousands, were voting illegally, thus why we needed to close poling locations, eliminate same day registration & voting, eliminating on-campus registration, eliminating party-line voting, cutting the early voting days and voting hours, as well as demand a specific voter ID that many OLDER citizens would have problems getting. And in Boone, NC, they closed one of the two poling locations and THEN located the ONLY remaining poling location over two miles from where it was, with little or no parking facilities for voters to park. Of course all this was actually to create huge LINES at the voting precincts so voters would get frustrated and not vote, which is EXACTLY what did happened in 2014, 2016, and even 2018. Pray tell me, how is what they were and are doing here in local elections to keep voting down, any different than what the Russians and Trump are doing with the national election.

Our state of North Carolina is now notoriously known as the most corrupt voting state in the ENTIRE United States. Our districts were so gerrymandered in 2014,16, and 18 that it took 1.3 Democrat voters to win a seat against each 1 Republican seat. A federal judge (on the 3rd court request) demanded that 3 of the districts be fixed immediately back to how they were 8 years ago ... so in district 2, the Republican who held that seat refused to RUN this year ... to my knowledge the seat is still OPEN with no Republican challenger.

Go check it out!
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I will take you at your word that you know what has happened in your state, or at least that is your understanding of the situations. Wouldn't it be simpler to let all qualified Americans vote for whom they choose?
 
Hottobe cucked said:
Again I am not a Republican as such, I have followed (observed) both Parties for years always attempting to choose to vote for the best candidate for our country not a certain party. Gerrymandering is disgusting whom ever attempts to use it. It is not a case of my choosing to vote Republican or Democrat, I vote for the best person I feel this country needs, I am sorry but I will not vote for any of the democrats still in the race over Trump.

My thoughts are that voting rights are subject to restrictions and criminals forfeit that right. I don't know about every state but here in Maine if someone fails to pay baby support, they lose their driving privileges, get their wages attached, lose income tax rebates, can lose property and in a few cases be jailed.
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you are not a republican?....you have done nothing but show allegiance to the party...…..little late to try and say one thing while your every posts are about something else


as for the rest....the right been doing it for years....

The Top 10 Most Gerrymandered States In America | Rantt Media
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America’s electoral system has been rigged. Not by the Russians, but by good ole fashioned gerrymandering.
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    1. North Carolina. Daily Kos, North Carolina District Map” Daily Kos, North Carolina District Map. …
    2. Maryland. Yes, Dems dabble in gerrymandering too. Although apparently they fail to execute it as …
    3. Pennsylvania. Map Courtesy of Fair Districts, PA Map Courtesy of Fair Districts, PA. Pennsylvania …
    4. West Virginia. In West Virginia, less becomes more as the GOP has whittled down what used to …
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“The closing of polling stations is just another tool used to suppress voters,” said Gonzalez, who represents the Athens area. “Anytime you make it harder for someone to vote, you’re ...

Alabama Closes Driver's License Offices After Implementing ...
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Oct 01, 2015 · Every single county in which blacks make up more than 75 percent of registered voters will see their driver license office closed. Every one … Look at the 15 counties that voted for President ...

Polling Places in Black Communities Continue to Close ...
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Sep 05, 2018 · In Kankakee County, Illinois, officials reduced the number of polling places from 69 to 65 this year. County Clerk Dan Hendrickson said each closed polling …

Southern U.S. states have closed 1,200 polling places in ...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-locations-idUSKCN1VV09J
Sep 10, 2019 · Election officials in Texas have closed more than 1 in 10 voting locations statewide, according to data collected by the Leadership Conference’s education and research arm.
 
subhub174014 said:
you are not a republican?....you have done nothing but show allegiance to the party...…..little late to try and say one thing while your every posts are about something else


as for the rest....the right been doing it for years....

The Top 10 Most Gerrymandered States In America | Rantt Media
rantt.com

The Top 10 Most Gerrymandered States In America | Rantt Media

America’s electoral system has been rigged. Not by the Russians, but by good ole fashioned gerrymandering.
rantt.com rantt.com
gerrymandered-states-in-america
    1. North Carolina. Daily Kos, North Carolina District Map” Daily Kos, North Carolina District Map. …
    2. Maryland. Yes, Dems dabble in gerrymandering too. Although apparently they fail to execute it as …
    3. Pennsylvania. Map Courtesy of Fair Districts, PA Map Courtesy of Fair Districts, PA. Pennsylvania …
    4. West Virginia. In West Virginia, less becomes more as the GOP has whittled down what used to …
  • See full list on rantt.com
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Just your not a demorcrat
 
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I will take you at your word that you know what has happened in your state, or at least that is your understanding of the situations. Wouldn't it be simpler to let all qualified Americans vote for whom they choose?
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Why Republicans Play Dirty
They fear that if they stick to the rules, they will lose everything. Their behavior is a threat to democratic stability.

The greatest threat to our democracy today is a Republican Party that plays dirty to win.
The party’s abandonment of fair play was showcased spectacularly in 2016, when the United States Senate refused to allow President Barack Obama to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in February. While technically constitutional, the act — in effect, stealing a court seat — hadn’t been tried since the 19th century. It would be bad enough on its own, but the Merrick Garland affair is part of a broader pattern.

Republicans across the country seem to have embraced an “any means necessary” strategy to preserve their power. After losing the governorship in North Carolina in 2016 and Wisconsin in 2018, Republicans used lame-duck legislative sessions to push through a flurry of bills stripping power from incoming Democratic governors. Last year, when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a Republican gerrymandering initiative, conservative legislators attempted to impeach the justices. And back in North Carolina, Republican legislators used a surprise vote last week, on Sept. 11, to ram through an override of Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto — while most Democrats had been told no vote would be held. This is classic “constitutional hardball,” behavior that, while technically legal, uses the letter of the law to subvert its spirit.

Constitutional hardball has accelerated under the Trump administration. President Trump’s declaration of a “national emergency” to divert public money toward a border wall — openly flouting Congress, which voted against building a wall — is a clear example. And the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, manufactured by an earlier act of hardball, may uphold the constitutionality of the president’s autocratic behavior.

Constitutional hardball can damage and even destroy a democracy. Democratic institutions function only when power is exercised with restraint. When parties abandon the spirit of the law and seek to win by any means necessary, politics often descends into institutional warfare. Governments in Hungary and Turkey have used court packing and other “legal” maneuvers to lock in power and ensure that subsequent abuse is ruled “constitutional.” And when one party engages in constitutional hardball, its rivals often feel compelled to respond in a tit-for-tat fashion, triggering an escalating conflict that is difficult to undo. As the collapse of democracy in Germany and Spain in the 1930s and Chile in the 1970s makes clear, these escalating conflicts can end in tragedy.

Why is the Republican Party playing dirty? Republican leaders are not driven by an intrinsic or ideological contempt for democracy. They are driven by fear.

Democracy requires that parties know how to lose. Politicians who fail to win elections must be willing to accept defeat, go home, and get ready to play again the next day. This norm of gracious losing is essential to a healthy democracy.
But for parties to accept losing, two conditions must hold. First, they must feel secure that losing today will not bring ruinous consequences; and second, they must believe they have a reasonable chance of winning again in the future. When party leaders fear that they cannot win future elections, or that defeat poses an existential threat to themselves or their constituents, the stakes rise. Their time horizons shorten. They throw tomorrow to the wind and seek to win at any cost today. In short, desperation leads politicians to play dirty.

Take German conservatives before World War I. They were haunted by the prospect of extending equal voting rights to the working class. They viewed equal (male) suffrage as a menace not only to their own electoral prospects but also to the survival of the aristocratic order. One Conservative leader called full and equal suffrage an “attack on the laws of civilization.” So German conservatives played dirty, engaging in rampant election manipulation and outright repression in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the United States, Southern Democrats reacted in a similar manner to the Reconstruction-era enfranchisement of African-Americans. Mandated by the 15th Amendment, which was ratified in 1870, black suffrage not only imperiled Southern Democrats’ political dominance but also challenged longstanding patterns of white supremacy. Since African-Americans represented a majority or near majority in many of the post-Confederate states, Southern Democrats viewed their enfranchisement as an existential threat. So they, too, played dirty.

Between 1885 and 1908, all 11 post-Confederate states passed laws establishing poll taxes, literacy tests, property and residency requirements and other measures aimed at stripping African-Americans of their voting rights — and locking in Democratic Party dominance. In Tennessee, where the 1889 Dortch Law would disenfranchise illiterate black voters, one newspaper editorialized, “Give us the Dortch bill or we perish.” These measures, building on a monstrous campaign of anti-black violence, did precisely what they were intended to do: Black turnout in the South fell to 2 percent in 1912 from 61 percent in 1880. Unwilling to lose, Southern Democrats stripped the right to vote from millions of people, ushering in nearly a century of authoritarian rule in the South.

Republicans appear to be in the grip of a similar panic today. Their medium-term electoral prospects are dim. For one, they remain an overwhelmingly white Christian party in an increasingly diverse society. As a share of the American electorate, white Christians declined from 73 percent in 1992 to 57 percent in 2012 and may be below 50 percent by 2024. Republicans also face a generational challenge: Younger voters are deserting them. In 2018, 18- to 29-year-olds voted for Democrats by more than 2 to 1, and 30-somethings voted nearly 60 percent for Democrats.

Demography is not destiny, but as California Republicans have discovered, it often punishes parties that fail to adapt to changing societies. The growing diversity of the American electorate is making it harder for the Republican Party to win national majorities. Republicans have won the popular vote in presidential elections just once in the last 30 years. Donald Trump captured this Republican pessimism well when he told the Christian Broadcasting Network in 2016, “I think this is the last election the Republicans have a chance of winning because you are going to have people flowing across the border.”
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“If we don’t win this election,” Mr. Trump added, “you’ll never see another Republican.”

The problem runs deeper than electoral math, however. Much of the Republican base views defeat as catastrophic. White Christians are losing more than an electoral majority; their once-dominant status in American society is eroding. Half a century ago, white Protestant men occupied nearly all our country’s high-status positions: They made up nearly all the elected officials, business leaders and media figures. Those days are over, but the loss of a group’s social status can feel deeply threatening. Many rank-and-file Republicans believe that the country they grew up in is being taken away from them. Slogans like “take our country back” and “make America great again” reflect this sense of peril.

So like the old Southern Democrats, modern-day Republicans have responded to darkening electoral horizons and rank-and-file perceptions of existential threat with a win-at-any-cost mentality. Most reminiscent of the Jim Crow South are Republican efforts to tilt the electoral playing field. Since 2010, a dozen Republican-led states have adopted new laws making it more difficult to register or vote. Republican state and local governments have closed polling places in predominantly African-American neighborhoods, purged voter rolls and created new obstacles to registration and voting.

In Georgia, a 2017 “exact match law” allowed authorities to throw out voter registration forms whose information did not “exactly match” existing records. Brian Kemp, who was simultaneously Georgia’s secretary of state and the 2018 Republican candidate for governor, tried to use the law to invalidate tens of thousands of registration forms, many of which were from African-Americans.
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In Tennessee, Republicans recently passed chilling legislation allowing criminal charges to be levied against voter registration groups that submit incomplete forms or miss deadlines. And in Texas this year, Republicans attempted to purge the voter rolls of nearly 100,000 Latinos.

The Trump administration’s effort to include a citizenship question in the census to facilitate gerrymandering schemes that would, in the words of one party strategist, be “advantageous to Republicans and non-Hispanic whites,” fits the broader pattern. Although these abuses are certainly less egregious than those committed by post-bellum Southern Democrats, the underlying logic is similar: Parties representing fearful, declining majorities turn, in desperation, to minority rule.

The only way out of this situation is for the Republican Party to become more diverse. A stunning 90 percent of House Republicans are white men, even though white men are a third of the electorate. Only when Republicans can compete seriously for younger, urban and nonwhite voters will their fear of losing — and of a multiracial America — subside.

Such a transformation is less far-fetched than it may appear right now; indeed, the Republican National Committee recommended it in 2013. But parties only change when their strategies bring costly defeat. So Republicans must fail — badly — at the polls.

American democracy faces a Catch-22: Republicans won’t abandon their white identity bunker strategy until they lose, but at the same time that strategy has made them so averse to losing they are willing to bend the rules to avoid this fate. There is no easy exit. Republican leaders must either stand up to their base and broaden their appeal or they must suffer an electoral thrashing so severe that they are compelled to do so.

Liberal democracy has historically required at least two competing parties committed to playing the democratic game, including one that typically represents conservative interests. But the commitment of America’s conservative party to this system is wavering, threatening our political system as a whole. Until Republicans learn to compete fairly in a diverse society, our democratic institutions will be imperiled.
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Opinion | Why Republicans Play Dirty
They fear that if they stick to the rules, they will lose everything. Their behavior is a threat to democratic stability.
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