Quote Originally Posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage View Post
Because it didn't happen. He thought about it, and didn't do it. Stop making shit up to overreact about it. Overreact about shit that happened.
No. A fully written Executive Order does not signal that he "thought about it". It tells you that he tried to do it, but fortunately there were still a few people around him who stopped him. A "mistake" that I have no doubt he'll "correct" if given another chance.

And that's the real story of the 2020 election. A sitting US President, his supporters, and his party tried in every way they could to end free and fair elections in this country in the name of "Election security". And the only reason why they didn't succeed is that- thankfully- we still had enough guardrails and good people in place to stop them. But barely.

And those people are getting ready to do it again this year, and a substantial percentage of our fellow Americans are all geared up to give them a real, fighting second chance with fewer guardrails in place and lots of lessons learned from the first time.

There's a reason why laws are being passed to give State Legislatures the power to remove nonpartisan election officials if they're not happy with the results of an election. There's a reason why OAN and Tucker Carlson are parading around Hungary's dictator Orban and telling you that we should be a lot more like them.

There's a reason why Trump is still running around intentionally spreading misinformation about our elections and why his party is so adamantly opposed to election reform.

Can we finally just be ready to acknowledge how far away from democracy we've gotten? Can we just be Americans and not Democrats and Republicans on this one subject?