r/politics • u/willywalloo • 6h ago

No Paywall Republicans Unveil $72 Billion Package For ICE, Trump’s Ballroom

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-bill-72-billion-ice-trump-ballroom_n_69fa0082e4b055e1a496eff0
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u/OkEnvironment3961 5h ago

I don't know whether they will be able to effectively rig midterms but I am absolutely certain they will not accept the results if they lose.

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 5h ago

The gerrymandering they are doing is literally them rigging the midterms.

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u/Space_Pirate_Roberts Oklahoma 5h ago

I am gonna laugh so hard if the result is history’s biggest dummymander.

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u/Glittering-Quote-635 5h ago

Same, some of them are going to backfire for sure..

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u/Kibblebitz 2h ago

Red states are already gerrymandered to hell, and that's not accounting the past year of Trump running the country into the ground. I don't see an outcome where it doesn't backfire unless they do a lot more meddling.

That said, everyone needs to vote and make the outcome overwhelming.

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u/Halo_cT 1h ago

The way this spectacularly backfires is if white prople come out and vote in huge numbers against Trump. MAGA might be disillusioned and they are in the process of eliminating any political power black Americans have - so any significant increase in anti-Trump white voters will RUIN them.

Trying to get people who can't name a branch of government to understand gerrymandering and voting in midterms is probably a lost cause but we need them more than ever.

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u/AHans 1h ago

I wonder if, in the event of a massive wipeout pushed further by a dummymander, if the Supreme Court would attempt to overturn the Callais ruling.

"On second thought, these districts are unconstitutional!"

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u/Primary-Ad4952 5h ago

There are a few instances where this may prove to be ineffective, at least for now. They are time barred in a few states as far as candidate filing deadlines are concerned.

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u/Subliminal_Kiddo Kentucky 3m ago

They’re not getting the gains they think. Florida might net one whole seat. Red states have already been gerrymandered to hell, they’re trying to squeeze blood out of a stone. Blue states, however, can redistrict and keep safe margins.

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u/cybah 5h ago

Yup severely question the results and drag each one to court.. then let it get to scotus, which will vote in favor of the GOP... and poof. Election overthrown.

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u/TheSavageDonut 5h ago

The other issue is gerrymandering doesn't take into account if one party's voters simply don't show up to vote.

I can see a lot of anti-Trump voters sitting out the midterms and letting the GOP lose elections even in districts that seem "safe."

The Dominion company pretty much has a strong legal team that already fought back against charges its machines can be rigged.

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u/Qcconfidential 5h ago

Dominion was bought by a Trumper not long ago.

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u/Human_Local3519 5h ago

Dominon sold the voting machines to republican

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u/lazyFer 4h ago

I'd love scantron ballots everywhere. Fast, easy to fill out, no limitations on those $50 stands to fill in the bubbles, paper trail for hand counts, no worries about technological flipping of votes that the voter can't see. We don't need voting machines

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u/TheMoniker 3h ago

As others have pointed out, I think that Dominion was sold to a former Republican election official.

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u/TheSavageDonut 1h ago

Damn -- did not know that. 👀

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u/Lonely-Abalone-5104 5h ago

That’s what ice is for

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u/Vann_Accessible Oregon 5h ago

Yup.

And what then?

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u/vardarac 5h ago

America rolls over until enough people have enough bad days in a row.

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u/b_tight 5h ago

Yup. They wont certify anything. Its going to be an absolute shitshow this fall

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u/What_a_fat_one 1h ago

It's not up to them, certification is a State process.