This is their plan. They'll arrest a few different elected state officials on bogus federal charges, and then find a conformant puppet to get out in their place. Then they expect all the other duly elected officials to fall in line and stop resisting.
This is a Russian playbook. Plain and fucking simple.
Freedom! Can't you just smell the "libertarian" viewpoint being expressed here? Not to mention the notion of "states rights" being employed in local representation?
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negativenull@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 1y
They are trying to make any disagreements with Trump an "insurrection".
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 58 pts · 1y
Huh, I guess states rights is only if is something they want.
Sandman89@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Now you're getting it.
fluxion@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
Meanwhile Texas AG literally wasted tax payer money to pursue Trump's bogus 2020 election claims
PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
This is what we mean when we talk about fascists. Fuck America.
unmagical@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 1y
Maybe start with Alabama which was the first state in recent history to flat out refuse to accept a SCOTUS ruling.
just_another_person@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
This is their plan. They'll arrest a few different elected state officials on bogus federal charges, and then find a conformant puppet to get out in their place. Then they expect all the other duly elected officials to fall in line and stop resisting.
This is a Russian playbook. Plain and fucking simple.
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 13 pts · 1y
The Supreme Court removes people from state office, huh? With what mechanism? Who pays for it?
futatorius@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Freedom! Can't you just smell the "libertarian" viewpoint being expressed here? Not to mention the notion of "states rights" being employed in local representation?