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Originally Posted by flylock shox
Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin: 3 key swing states with open carry (no permit required) laws.
What are the odds a bunch of Trump's minions - ginned up on propaganda about Democrats stealing the election via voter fraud - don't show up at polling stations to ensure there's no funny business?
If you've been drinking the Republican Kool-Aid for the last 4 years, you'd feel not only entitled - but that it's your civic duty - to act to protect American democracy. You might not even mean to intimidate your fellow citizens, but your presence does so anyway, and heightens the risk of deadly confrontations/encounters.
Heck, it'll cause mayhem even if some polling stations need to close or delay due to security concerns. The Republican M.O. isn't really to win - it's to undermine the credibility of the election, and any delays or irregularities play right into their hands.
I would be stunned if there aren't confrontations at at least a handful of polling stations in November.
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Same here.
Just look at all the Confederate flag waving weirdos that showed up outside of the DNC broadcasting building, or the ones that drive around spraying mace at protesters.
It's not hard to picture some of these guys showing up on the streets in polling areas that are expected to have high Democrat voting ratios. I mean, you can Google "U.S. voter intimidation" and see that it has happened in the past, so if there was a time where it was ripe to go to the next level, it is probably in 2020.
This is just from 2016: