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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am NOT calling for civil unrest. However I would not be surprised if it happened.
We now have a DOJ that is a criminal organization. That is not acceptable.
When it comes to the pandemic, Trump and Republican politicians have killed thousands of Americans. They have made it clear they intend to kill thousands more. They literally told the people you have to go back to and work and yes you may die. That is not acceptable. They are not even trying to fight the pandemic. It's fucking insane.
The economy is not going to recover. Things are getting worse and nothing can change it. More and more Americans are going to lose their jobs permanently. Their jobs are gone. Massive food bank lines are already taking place across the country.
Today we hear Trump has put a Trump loving puppet in charge of the Post Office. That is not going to end well.
We are going to reach a breaking point and the people are going to say enough. That breaking point may come in November. If Trump cheats and wins the election. The election will not be accepted by the majority of Americans. Then you could see all hell break loose.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Incite civil unrest, then by declarations he can grab powers to undermine all the other parts of the government for him to have absolute power. He has to get that to stay in office or put his successor in, his daughter.
lark
(23,097 posts)I don't think it will be us rioting, it will be them to stop the election. The pandemic will be raging, people will be scared and red states will make things as murderous as possible. They are already trying to outlaw mail in voting, they will close all or almost all precincts by leaving 1 open in a big blue city, so there are lines that many hours to navigate. People will get irritated and trumpers will be there with guns to gin up the violence and cause havoc. It's a true rw thing to disrupt the election and the gun stores are sold out in NE FL, and the store owner said this is happening everywhere in the south as they have multiple stores. They will bring their guns and start riots on purpose to disrupt the election so drumpf declares martial law and cancels them - temporarily. But they will never be held - he will declare himself the winner and you know damn well the fascist Russian Repugs would back up this play all the way because it fulfills their collective wet dream.
This is what I now expect to happen unless we come out in such numbers that we totally overwhelm their efforts. WE NEED a #BLUETSUNAMI, for life and for liberty.
pwb
(11,261 posts)Trump would hate that.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Not a question of if, but of how bad.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)Walk outs, strikes, protests. This could start to happen before the election. If Trump rigs the election and wins, all bets are off. I hope things do not become violent. There is no way in hell the majority of Americans will accept a rigged election.
This election is not like the 2016 election. We were caught off guard in a way in 2016. Hardly anyone believed Trump could win even with his cheating. Trump won by a series of freakish events. Everybody will be watching what Trump does closely. We will be watching the polls. If Biden is well ahead in the polls, farther ahead than Hillary was, and Trump wins. That will not be accepted by the American people.
I think it's fair to say there are big changes coming to America, sooner than later.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)And I will be sympathetic to them.
bluestarone
(16,926 posts)This country should EXPLODE in UNREST!!!!
Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)State and city officials in OK are receiving death threats, businesses that have chosen to remain closed longer are getting threats that if they don't open they will be burned down and kids are being shot in our McDonalds for doing their jobs. We've got protests popping up everywhere, many of them armed. It's only a matter of time before someone gets an itchy trigger finger and opens up on a crowd.