Voter suppresion/"stealing the election" megathread

[Antonio the Sixth]

Congrats on Mike Kelly for winning reelection despite his best efforts to prevent it!

[Antonio the Sixth]

A view from over the pond. The USA is presenting itself as a failing democracy, a banana republic where power-crazed politicians  are incapable of accepting anything other than victory. The US voting system is as good as it gets under any democracy. Of course, there will be irregularities in any system, and there will be human errors from time to time, but the charges of wholesale fraud against the American people are ridiculous. Hundreds of thousands of politicians and election official staff involved in a criminal conspiracy against the country without any evidence? Preposterous.
The most perplexing, and disappointing, aspect to the outside observer, is the sheer gutlessness of the Republican Senators for cowering down under Trump's bullying and failing to condemn baseless fraud accusations. Sometimes, the course of life doesn't go as we might personally prefer, in which case we just  have to get on with things and accept what the majority of the population decide.
The current trajectory of the USA suggests a break-up, with some States starting to secede from what has become a hate-infested union. A re-run of the Soviet Union. Ultimately, that might be best for both the US people and the rest of the world.

You're preaching to the choir, my bloke.

True, but Brits have no ground to stand on given that just last year they reelected an incompetent blowhard who attempted to illegally shut down parliament and attacked the courts when they stopped him.

[Antonio the Sixth]

A view from over the pond. The USA is presenting itself as a failing democracy, a banana republic where power-crazed politicians  are incapable of accepting anything other than victory. The US voting system is as good as it gets under any democracy. Of course, there will be irregularities in any system, and there will be human errors from time to time, but the charges of wholesale fraud against the American people are ridiculous. Hundreds of thousands of politicians and election official staff involved in a criminal conspiracy against the country without any evidence? Preposterous.
The most perplexing, and disappointing, aspect to the outside observer, is the sheer gutlessness of the Republican Senators for cowering down under Trump's bullying and failing to condemn baseless fraud accusations. Sometimes, the course of life doesn't go as we might personally prefer, in which case we just  have to get on with things and accept what the majority of the population decide.
The current trajectory of the USA suggests a break-up, with some States starting to secede from what has become a hate-infested union. A re-run of the Soviet Union. Ultimately, that might be best for both the US people and the rest of the world.

You're preaching to the choir, my bloke.

True, but Brits have no ground to stand on given that just last year they reelected an incompetent blowhard who attempted to illegally shut down parliament and attacked the courts when they stopped him.

A very fair point, but we don't necessarily know that this particular poster is one of those who supports the "Britain First" agenda.

I mean, if as a Brit you're going to attack America collectively for the farce that's unfolding here, then you expose yourself to collective attacks on Britain as well even if you're not a BoJo supporter yourself.

I on the other hand can attack both. Italian democracy is still doing pretty well for itself, although I'm fully aware that that's liable to change after 2023.

[Antonio the Sixth]

A view from over the pond. The USA is presenting itself as a failing democracy, a banana republic where power-crazed politicians  are incapable of accepting anything other than victory. The US voting system is as good as it gets under any democracy. Of course, there will be irregularities in any system, and there will be human errors from time to time, but the charges of wholesale fraud against the American people are ridiculous. Hundreds of thousands of politicians and election official staff involved in a criminal conspiracy against the country without any evidence? Preposterous.
The most perplexing, and disappointing, aspect to the outside observer, is the sheer gutlessness of the Republican Senators for cowering down under Trump's bullying and failing to condemn baseless fraud accusations. Sometimes, the course of life doesn't go as we might personally prefer, in which case we just  have to get on with things and accept what the majority of the population decide.
The current trajectory of the USA suggests a break-up, with some States starting to secede from what has become a hate-infested union. A re-run of the Soviet Union. Ultimately, that might be best for both the US people and the rest of the world.

You're preaching to the choir, my bloke.

True, but Brits have no ground to stand on given that just last year they reelected an incompetent blowhard who attempted to illegally shut down parliament and attacked the courts when they stopped him.

A very fair point, but we don't necessarily know that this particular poster is one of those who supports the "Britain First" agenda.

I mean, if as a Brit you're going to attack America collectively for the farce that's unfolding here, then you expose yourself to collective attacks on Britain as well even if you're not a BoJo supporter yourself.

I on the other hand can attack both. Italian democracy is still doing pretty well for itself, although I'm fully aware that that's liable to change after 2023.

France ain't doing great.

France has been basically an elective dictatorship since 1958, but within that framework (and as much as I hate his guts), FBM hasn't really done anything to violate existing rules/norms of government.

[Antonio the Sixth]

https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1335642951825969152

All blonde white women with long hair look the same!

[Antonio the Sixth]

Trump should stop watching OANN. It's melting his brain.

> implying his brain has existed in a solid state any time after 1990