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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Or one of the states he completely abandoned to the virus?
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A procrastination in of itself
I mean it’s the New York Post reporting that, so I wouldn’t be sure if it’s even an accurate representation of what Trump said.
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Unless they're deliberately misquoting and keeping the same rambling style:
“I will bring down taxes and I’ll make sure that New York City is a safe place. I mean, this is one of our cherished — this is a cherished diamond of this country. And we can’t let this happen to New York.”
The president said his campaign would spend money on efforts to win New York and that he plans to make campaign stops. He bashed New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s performance.
“We’re going to invest in there, we’ll visit. I’m going to put it down as you know on the list,” Trump said. “For instance, we think we’re going to win New Mexico, we think we’re going to win Minnesota. We think we’re, we have a shot perhaps at Virginia because they have a very, very strange governor.”
A procrastination in of itself
I mean it is a Murdoch owned tabloid, so that’s rather possible.
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Oh, bother.
We should probably wait for more reputable sources. I don't like giving the NY Post clicks anyway.
Disgusted, but not surprised
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Agreed.
Though it would be amazing if Trump did try to waste resources on New York 
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Aug 13th 2020 at 8:29:35 AM
"Sandwiches are probably easier to fix than the actual problems" -Hylarn
Not so much if it turns out that the resources he wastes aren't actually his to begin with.
(Remember, this is a man that has not paid a single one of the tabs for his campaign rallies, none, and is trying to force the states he appears in to pay for them instead.)
He will most likely just dine-and-dash again wherever he goes on his cult-rallies...
Oh, bother.
It wouldn't be his personal fortune, but rather the GOP's coffers.
In that case, it would be karma striking the GOP for endorsing him in the first place.
He bankrupts everything he touches after all, a political party would be no different.
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Can we officially accept that the Republicans intend to steal this election and should be treated as enemies of democracy at this point?
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Yes. Absolutely.
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I have a better question: How is any of this legal?
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Arguably their assaults on mail-in ballots via the postal service are not because delaying the mail is illegal. But who can prosecute them?
The rest is spamming as many lawsuits as they can find any basis for in the hope some of them stick.
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It probably isn't, but who's going to stop them? The incredibly corrupt Republican president and his administration? The Justice Department that's acting as Trump's personal legal firm? The Congress that is half controlled by Republicans who fall into lockstep behind Trump? The conservative-leaning Supreme Court?
The people of America must stop them.
(The GOP was "elected" by them and are supposed to work for them! Not the other way around.)
The people of America must rise up and end this evil with their own rights and hands...
Edited by TitanJump on Aug 14th 2020 at 10:10:50 AM
A procrastination in of itself
Hypothetically could a democrat governor declare a state of emergency and send the national guard to help with the postal sorting and delivery for the week before Election Day?
Since apparently we’re in exactly that crazy a world.
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And in some good election news: the Supreme Court rejected a request by the Republicans to force Rhode Island to reinstate a rule requiring mail-in ballots be signed by two witnesses or a public notary which was culled because of COVID-19; Thomas, Alito, and Gorush dissented.
A procrastination in of itself
It looks like the case wasn’t actually ruled on, they refused to hear the case because the Republican National Committee don’t have grounds to challenge the suspension of a rule that hadn’t come into effect yet. It seems to say that if any state officials had objected to what RI is doing things would be different.
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It's probably unconstitutional. Though at this point, perhaps Democrats need to do some unconstitutional things if it means saving the republic.
Except for when they gutted the Voting Rights Act, I think the Roberts court's attitude towards voting rights, gerrymandering, etc., has been that they don't care.
They won't stop Republicans for voter suppression or gerrymandering, they won't do anything to make voting easier, even during the pandemic, but they won't invalidate the laws Democrats pass. It's basically a "not my problem" attitude.
Not 'they don't care.' The Roberts court has been actively hostile to voting rights.
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Basically Republicans know they don't have a chance in hell if they let Democrats vote, and they've been getting increasingly desperate over the last several years (possibly longer) to keep that from happening.
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He thinks he can win over the state he already rejected by changing his state of residence to Florida?
Disgusted, but not surprised