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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the GOP dares to do this, we shut the country down with a general strike
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-midterms-2674378602/
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If the GOP dares to do this, we shut the country down with a general strike (Original Post)
Chasstev365
Monday
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If the GOP dares to attempt to steal the House, we march ON the White House, and ON
Jack Valentino
Monday
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Snarkoleptic
(6,207 posts)1. Vote in numbers too big to deny.
MichMan
(16,466 posts)2. According to the link, there is precedence
Israel wrote, "In 1984, a Democratic-controlled House of Representatives refused to seat newly elected Republican Rick McIntyre from Indianas notorious bloody 8th congressional district."
"Hed just beaten incumbent Democrat Frank McCloskey by a mere 34 votes, but questions about the vote counting abounded, leading House Democrats to appoint a three-person commission to investigate further. They ultimately found that McCloskey had held the seat by four votes and seated him insteadreversing the results of the election."
"Hed just beaten incumbent Democrat Frank McCloskey by a mere 34 votes, but questions about the vote counting abounded, leading House Democrats to appoint a three-person commission to investigate further. They ultimately found that McCloskey had held the seat by four votes and seated him insteadreversing the results of the election."
Jack Valentino
(4,173 posts)3. If the GOP dares to attempt to steal the House, we march ON the White House, and ON
Mike Johnson---- and when I say "on" I mean that literally!---
If they actually try to steal back the House after the Democrats have won it,
we should stage a march, protest and counter-coup
which will make J-6 look like an ice cream social!
I'm talking Bastille 1789
peggysue2
(12,348 posts)5. Yes! We're talking Revolution then . . .
Complete with tumbrels rattling down Pennsylvania Avenue. Trump and his sycophants may want to erase history but the majority of Americans have a long, long memory. No Kings or dictators is at the top of Memory Lane.
F**k these traitors and the ass they rode in on!
BWdem4life
(2,912 posts)4. Archive link
Chasstev365
(6,901 posts)6. I provided the link in my 1st response
BWdem4life
(2,912 posts)7. Archive link is not paywalled. nt