Back in 2024, Kamala Harris and the Democrats struggled to convince voters that a second Donald Trump term would constitute a serious threat to democracy. We can debate the effectiveness of her, and their, rhetoric. But on a certain level, it was a hard argument to make because it was hypothetical.

On what planet was it hypothetical.

Honestly. It's like everyone's still using fucking Windows. Fuck levels critical.

I mean, before he become president the first time he literally said that he would only accept the results if he wins.

I too hate how obvious and predictable it all was but people finally getting it is surprisingly also very annoying.

Was the 2020 coup attempt too tough to figure out?

Democrats couldn't resist letting trump run again.

Trump doesn't get to say shit about how the States run their elections. Even if he "Hereby Do Dee-clares it."

Trump will never willingly step down.

Pedolini is at war with everyone

That's if they even lose. They've taken away a lot from me already and conservifascits are loving it. Gen Z swung red because they thought this was an ideology to get behind. You're supposed to trust in God for your healthcare plan if you weren't born rich. This is a Christian nation. I fucking hate my life.

Back in 2024, Kamala Harris and the Democrats struggled to convince voters that a second Donald Trump term would constitute a serious threat to democracy.

I don't think anyone in the political space failed to recognize it as an existential threat; its that Harris didn't campaign as if it was an existential threat.

If it was such an existential threat, why would you actively disenfranchise your base?

If it was such an existential threat, why would you say things like "I would do nothing fundamentally different than the current administration", when the administration was DEEPLY unpopular?

If it was such an existential threat, why did you spend 1.5 billion dollars trying to court voters which you have never been able to get, specifically by elevating some of the least popular voices within their own party (eg, Liz Cheney and Republican voters)?

Nothing about how the Harris campaign operated beyond selecting Walz as VP demonstrated that they recognized Trump as an existential threat to Democracy. Voices were, in the course of the campaign, CLAMORING, for them to do better. They didn't listen and they chose the approaches they did.

"planning"

I'd say it's already done. No one with any power has the balls to remove him.

6 years ago I posted on FB that any qualms over mail-in ballots should have already been raised and in the process of being addressed ahead of the 2020 election. A large portion of my friends and family were MAGA, or at least dem-hating, so they inundated me with conspiracy theory rubbish.

I knew he would pull some shit, somehow. Then J6 came to pass.

So now he's blatantly planning to fuck with the election 8 months ahead of time. Nothing has changed in terms of protecting voters, and it's as predictable now as it was in 2020.

But I think the fucker underestimates us and his base on this. As serious as 2A advocates are about guns, there are more of us by orders of magnitude who value our voting rights.

Thanks Mr. New Republic writer for telling the people that have plainly said it for years that they can now plainly say it. I’m sure they’ll waste no time getting around to plainly saying it some more.

Jan 6th happened once, it can happen again..