Look at What Trump Is Already Doing to Our Democracy!
We are the laughingstock of the world, and the world is very - VERY - nervous over this tilt to fascism!
This is how some Trumpists are showing up at polling places. If you had to guess which state, you could probably do so on the first or second try (Yes, Florida). An 18-year-old boy was arrested for terrorizing Harris voters. He showed up at a polling place with seven other friends wearing Trump gear and started waving the machete at some men and women whose cars had Harris bumper stickers.
The FBI and authorities in the Pacific Northwest were searching Tuesday for suspects after ballot boxes were set ablaze in Washington and Oregon, damaging hundreds of votes a week before Election Day.
In Oregon, Portland, police said they responded to reports of a fire at a ballot box in the Buckman neighborhood at about 3:30 a.m. Monday. Thirty minutes later and less than 15 miles to the north, police in Vancouver, Washington, responded to an arson at a ballot box (Violent Attack on Democracy).
Most of the fascist, right-wing media, not to mention Fox News, are openly lying about how MAGidiots are being denied their right to early vote in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Trump’s army of voting suppressors has filed a lawsuit claiming their supporters are being turned away from receiving ballots for the early vote.
The lines, it seems, have been longer than usual, and if the Bucks County voting officials stated that so long as you were in line by 5 p.m., you would receive your ballot. Waits have been up to three hours, which upsets the good, God-fearing white people of Bucks County. In many Black neighborhoods throughout the country, wait times of multiple hours are expected, thanks to Republican suppression efforts. They close all polling places but one for communities that need numerous polling stations. In Georgia, right-wingers also passed a law stating that giving food or drinks to people waiting in lines to vote was considered “interference” and warranted arrest. In the past, Black churches and volunteers would pass out sandwiches and water to people waiting for sometimes up to six hours.
Donald Trump and his fascist stormtroopers are assaulting our democracy. Never before in our history have we had such a concerted attempt to prevent the opposition from voting as we see today. Of course, the masters of projection on the right will claim that it is they who are being suppressed, but we all know that this is straight out of the Hitler playbook. This truly could be our last free election if Trump is victorious next week. It is heartbreaking that we are so stupid.
But this is how empires fall.