• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    They won’t do it because it would disenfranchise their own voters and enfranchise the opposition. Are you not American and confused the parties?

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      Oh yeah, because it’s simply impossible for them to send ICE into blue states to “secure the elections”

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          You’re trolling, right? I can’t imagine why I’d have to explain this otherwise.

          Laws aren’t magical spells that change reality. If Republicans introduce a law saying “you must have a passport to vote”, people can still vote without a passport as long as nobody prevents them from doing so. Republicans can send ICE to polling stations in blue states to prevent people from voting without a passport.

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                They already send ICE to do illegal things in states without open confrontation with the state’s own forces.

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                  Ah yes, sorry, I forgot we’re deliberately ignoring all nuance. So I agree: no matter from which perspective we look at it, there’s literally zero reason for the politicians to show a stronger reaction towards completely losing their own power to the fascist regime.

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                    The subject is “will Trump require passports to vote”, and the answer is “no, because his own constituents are the least likely to have passports.”

                    Everything else is just Qanon-style “yes and-” fantasizing.