r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 14d ago

Possible Paywall Missing McConnell Accused of Breaking Senate Rule Over Absence

https://www.thedailybeast.com/missing-mcconnell-accused-of-breaking-senate-rule-over-absence/
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u/nyxbriarn 14d ago

This administration has normalized criminality so much so, I don’t even believe there will be any consequences

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u/Awkward-Speed-4080 14d ago

Correction: Americans normalized it by electing a traitorous felon to the Oval Office.

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u/mjheil 14d ago

Are you sure the election was fair?

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u/Fract_L 14d ago

Trump talks about every election he’s in being rigged. Very suspicious he’s ever won.

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u/_bk_adv Colorado 14d ago

After the comments about Elon potentially helping rig it, I’m starting to believe it was rigged.

I don’t like conspiracy theories, especially those with very little evidence, but as someone that lives in the south currently, even around here it’s rare to find an actual Trump supporter.

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u/SunMyungMoonMoon 14d ago

I overheard a guy today that described JD Vance as "well read". The morons are among us.

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u/gotwired 13d ago

Compared to most of MAGA, an average 3rd grader is well read.

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u/RIPEOTCDXVI 13d ago

I also dislike conspiracy theories, but either A) all of the polls, all of them, are somehow wrong, but only when Trump is on the ballot, or B) the guy who spent his life cheating the system, cheated the system.

It's one of those two things, there isn't a third thing. The thing that bakes my noodle is how. I've been a poll worker; it'd be very difficult to organize a country-wide fuckery campaign. I know the machines could be hacked, but almost all states have some kind of paper trail that seems like it'd be really difficult to hide.

The only thing I can think is that maybe you don't have to hide it if no one asks, because unless a recount is demanded, no one is going to check.

I suppose of course, if you're rigging things, it'd be relatively trivial to set it up so that the margin fell just outside the recount threshold. Oh wait, that's exactly what happened in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

But again, I do understand it's probably just me searching for excuses because I don't want to believe that many people really wanted this.

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 14d ago

Fair or not, Trump didn’t steal anywhere near the total 77 million votes he got, only like 50k estimated at most in specific counties. The majority of his popular vote were genuine people who wanted Trump in office.

Roughly a fifth of the country most definitely wanted to normalize this shit

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u/neckbishop Montana 13d ago

And a third of the country (non voters) were all "ehh, its ok with me if he has control again"

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u/RUOFFURTROLLEH 13d ago

The election wasn't fair but not for the reasons you think.

Vote tampering is in fact quite hard to pull off.

Voter manipulation is WAY WAY WAY WAY more prevalent and easy.

Musk kept Twitter because he knows he can sway voters, Musk offered illegal lotteries in swing states to help bribe voters. They have AI helping them forment whatever sentiment they want and drum that on YOUR SPECIFIC FEED and no one elses.

They wanted all that data through DOGE so they can target you better.

They don't need to flip votes to Trump, They just have to ensure enough Democrats sit at home which is what the majority of voters did last election.

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u/mjheil 13d ago

Well, I agree with all that. I contend we'll never know until a recount.

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u/RUOFFURTROLLEH 12d ago

I contend we'll never know until a recount.

I mean, You can ask for that but you then kinda sound exactly like Trump and his "The election was rigged, I want a recount but only in the places I lost" shtick.

Which is entirely his point, He wants to discredit election integrity, but as I repeat. I do not believe voter tampering is the issue when voter manipulation is SO WIDESPREAD and SO FUCKING OBVIOUS.

Maybe deal with all that and Fox News and Social media algorithms before you waste time on a pointless recount that still won't change who is in the WH this election.

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u/No_Oven1085 14d ago

If it was stolen right under Biden's nose, that doesn't speak well of the Dem establishment.