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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Fri Oct 16, 2020, 12:21 PM Oct 2020

GOP Poll Observer arrested

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GOP Poll Observer arrested (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2020 OP

I've entered a polling site early as an observer, merely to introduce myself to the officials... brooklynite Oct 2020 #1

First tweet reply ... marble falls Oct 2020 #2

Exactly. Fuck this """both sides""" bullshit. Call it out for what it is. W_HAMILTON Oct 2020 #4

Do you know WHO I AM? n/t Mopar151 Oct 2020 #3

If the worker were AA, it'da been, "Don't you people know who I am? Where's your supervisor?" marble falls Oct 2020 #5

Or much worse. Their "words" can be very toxic LakeArenal Oct 2020 #6

"partisan tensions"? Give me a break. How about "Republican fuckery"? Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #7

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

1. I've entered a polling site early as an observer, merely to introduce myself to the officials...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 12:23 PM

Oct 2020

...and to bring them donuts (an old Philadelphia Ward tradition). I suspect you'd have to be very obstinate to get yourself arrested.

marble falls

(71,936 posts)

2. First tweet reply ...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 12:23 PM

Oct 2020

Kit Conway
@ChrisConwayDC
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Replying to
@AmyEGardner
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@ryanbeckwith
When a GOP politician shoves a neutral poll worker, that’s not some “both sides” partisan tensions. That’s assault by a Republican.

W_HAMILTON

(10,333 posts)

4. Exactly. Fuck this """both sides""" bullshit. Call it out for what it is.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 12:25 PM

Oct 2020

Mopar151

(10,348 posts)

3. Do you know WHO I AM? n/t

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Fri Oct 16, 2020, 12:23 PM

Oct 2020

marble falls

(71,936 posts)

5. If the worker were AA, it'da been, "Don't you people know who I am? Where's your supervisor?"

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Fri Oct 16, 2020, 12:28 PM

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LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)

6. Or much worse. Their "words" can be very toxic

Reply to marble falls (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 12:36 PM

Oct 2020

Midnight Writer

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7. "partisan tensions"? Give me a break. How about "Republican fuckery"?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:51 PM

Oct 2020

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