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5upplied_demand | 17 days ago
No need to assume, they have explicitly stated it!
> To wit, top Republicans warn GOP will face midterm election ‘bloodbath’. Why bother caring?
This isn't about "Top Republicans," it is about the administration. The same administration that is actively trying to nationalize elections to prevent that bloodbath.
Secondly, is it conceivable that Republicans fearing an electoral bloodbath would make them more likely to support aggressive election interference (ICE a polling stations, new election laws, Federal takeover of elections, re-litigating 2020 Georgia results)?
andsoitis|17 days ago
> No need to assume, they have explicitly stated it!
Really honest question... can you point us to that explicit statement?
The Trump administration's official executive orders and fact sheets repeatedly state their goal is to have "free, fair, and honest elections".
They have specific policy proposals around voter ID, citizenship verification, and election integrity measures.
I will concede that what they think is free and fair, others might not, like legal ID requirement, so that's a requirement reasonable people can disagree on.
But I do think, but am very open to be proven wrong, that they explicitly state that they want to do away with free elections.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/pres...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-pr...
hackyhacky|17 days ago
Yes, right here:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/five-takeaways-reuters-inte...
5upplied_demand|17 days ago
> “I won’t say cancel the election, they should cancel the election...”
> "You Won't Have to Vote Anymore"
> "The Republicans should say: 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.' The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,"