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SamuelTheThird

(621 posts) Sun Jan 11, 2026, 05:40 PM 17 hrs ago

Trump WILL be seizing voting machines and confiscating ballots

It's wishful thinking to believe he won't

President Trump said in an interview with The New York Times that he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines in swing states after his 2020 election loss.

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Trump WILL be seizing voting machines and confiscating ballots (Original Post) SamuelTheThird 17 hrs ago OP

Source? Bayard 17 hrs ago #1

It's the new york times SamuelTheThird 17 hrs ago #2

There are several workarounds for paywalls. You will find them here: littlemissmartypants 15 hrs ago #4

Good luck with that orangecrush 16 hrs ago #3

Fine. You rollover, but fuck that dooming. I'm voting. themaguffin 15 hrs ago #5

Who is rolling over? SamuelTheThird 14 hrs ago #6

Let them warn about it, but the constant dooming is WHAT THE RIGHT WANTS. Fuck. That. themaguffin 14 hrs ago #8

Disagree SamuelTheThird 14 hrs ago #9

The people sleeping are not on DU and the attitude has to be fuck this, not "we're done." themaguffin 14 hrs ago #10

I will crawl through barbed wire and broken glass and step on hot coal to vote against these maniacs. Initech 14 hrs ago #7

And you are not alone tavernier 14 hrs ago #11

Bayard

(28,648 posts)

1. Source?

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 06:01 PM

17 hrs ago

Thx

SamuelTheThird

(621 posts)

2. It's the new york times

Reply to Bayard (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 06:24 PM

17 hrs ago

article is paywalled though

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/trump-voting-machines-2020-election.html

littlemissmartypants

(31,690 posts)

4. There are several workarounds for paywalls. You will find them here:

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 07:31 PM

15 hrs ago

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3545226

orangecrush

(28,556 posts)

3. Good luck with that

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 06:26 PM

16 hrs ago

themaguffin

(4,924 posts)

5. Fine. You rollover, but fuck that dooming. I'm voting.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 07:32 PM

15 hrs ago

SamuelTheThird

(621 posts)

6. Who is rolling over?

Reply to themaguffin (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 08:41 PM

14 hrs ago

But it needs to be seariously considered. Even newsom and prtizker talked about it

themaguffin

(4,924 posts)

8. Let them warn about it, but the constant dooming is WHAT THE RIGHT WANTS. Fuck. That.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 08:56 PM

14 hrs ago

SamuelTheThird

(621 posts)

9. Disagree

Reply to themaguffin (Reply #8)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 09:01 PM

14 hrs ago

A lot of people are asleep and assume norms and legal guardrails are going to work

themaguffin

(4,924 posts)

10. The people sleeping are not on DU and the attitude has to be fuck this, not "we're done."

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Reply #9)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 09:04 PM

14 hrs ago

Initech

(107,484 posts)

7. I will crawl through barbed wire and broken glass and step on hot coal to vote against these maniacs.

Reply to themaguffin (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 08:44 PM

14 hrs ago

tavernier

(14,281 posts)

11. And you are not alone

Reply to Initech (Reply #7)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 09:19 PM

14 hrs ago

I’m quite certain that the number of voters showing up for the November election will Shock and Awe a lot of folks.

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