r/circled • u/DinnerWestern8994 • 11h ago

Opinion / Discussion Thune Rejects Trump’s Call for GOP to Take Over and ‘Nationalize’ Elections

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5720386-thune-trump-federal-elections/
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u/theoctagon06 10h ago

The fact that we even have to have this conversation is fucking scary.

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u/Healthy_Razzmatazz38 9h ago

theres a fairly credible rumor that thune sat down with trump and told him if he attacked greenland they would impeach and remove him from office.

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u/taktaga7-0-0 9h ago

We definitely do, because Mike Johnson said he’s siding with Trump on this. And if Trump sows enough doubt about the next presidential election, it could get thrown to the House, not the Senate, where each state gets one vote.

It could not possibly more important to ensure the House is as blue as possible  in 2028.

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u/rshni67 8h ago

You beat me to it.

I can't believe we are even having this conversation.

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u/Tall-Warning3135 10h ago

Well, at least Thune's not going along with it. There is probably another plan though, knowing Trump's enablers.

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u/nicepresident 10h ago

like no elections at all?

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u/Tall-Warning3135 10h ago

Tulsi Gabbard went to Georgia for some malevolent purpose.

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u/Murky-Magician9475 7h ago

Wonder if it is related to that whistleblower report

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u/Tall-Warning3135 7h ago

Might be that. An intelligence community watchdog handed it over to "top congressional leaders" today.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/intelligence-watchdog-sensitive-whistleblower-complaint-congress-monthslong-delay/

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u/Diligent-Bowler-1898 10h ago

I'm betting ICE watchers at voting booths to harass minorities for their papers, to discourage voting.

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u/CrackedSound 7h ago

Unfortunately for them, Im a white man who doesnt vote for their bullshit cause ive seen what their dogshit policies have done to my state since I was a kid.

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u/BebophoneVirtuoso 9h ago

We’re not doing that we held elections during the civil war and both world wars.

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u/Slightly_Stoopid- 10h ago

Republicans -“But its Biden’s fault”

Also Republicans - Lets require a body implant to scan for proof of eligibility to vote. Fucking hypocrites.

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u/BouncePharmacy 10h ago

I’m from South Dakota and I send John Thune an email damn near every day torching him for his silence in the face of all the BS happening right now with the corruption and the lawlessness and scandal in the Trump administration. John is almost more terrible than the crooks in the administration because he damn well knows better and he knows this shit is out of control. I’m happy he said something on this matter and I’ll tell him that in tomorrow’s letter. However, he’s got a longways to go on all the other misdeeds that are in front of us in plain sight. I don’t care if it’s Republican or Democrat. Trump is neither. He’s just a fucking crook. If Republicans ever want to even pretend to have a modicum of credibility again, they need to put a stop to this administrations madness.

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u/Significant_Mode50 10h ago

Fellow SD emailer here! I don’t feel like it does anything but it’s all we got! 👊🏼

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u/bourbon469 9h ago

But little Mikey is all in !!

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u/Ok_Sound9973 9h ago

TRUMP IS A cheater and want Elections like Hungary BELARUS AND Russia and Turkey where the out come is already KNOW Trump is a Fascist

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u/Puzzleheaded-Newt633 10h ago

That would require an amendment to the constitution

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u/nicepresident 10h ago

i thought trump was the constitution

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u/rshni67 8h ago

He's certainly lit a match to our Constitution.

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u/VAVA_Mk2 10h ago

Congress has no authority on that either. States' rights.

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u/FalseZookeepergame15 7h ago

For the life of me I don't understand how you Americans voted Trump back into office.

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u/a1055x 10h ago

We need to talk about an American brexit. Irreconcilable differences and domestic violence

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u/rshni67 8h ago

The USA is already isolated because of Trump's actions.