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James48

(5,123 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 02:45 AM 4 hrs ago

Your reminder- it's against the law to send troops to the polls.

I’m hearing rumblings of plans to send troops to take
Polling materials in Election Day. This is your reminder to bookmark
18 U.S. Code § 592 - Troops at polls
U.S. Code
Which states:
“Whoever, being an officer of the Army or Navy, or other person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, orders, brings, keeps, or has under his authority or control any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the United States.

This section shall not prevent any officer or member of the armed forces of the United States from exercising the right of suffrage in any election district to which he may belong, if otherwise qualified according to the laws of the State in which he offers to vote.”

He can’t do that.

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0rganism

(25,509 posts)
1. Absolutely, and we're very fortunate our president has committed himself so completely to upholding the law
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 03:40 AM
3 hrs ago

Yes, F47 would never dare to do something so obviously "illegal"; truly, purity is his calling card. His humble, lawful behavior stands as an example to us all.

SamuelTheThird

(723 posts)
2. It's also against the law to attempt to violently overthrow the government
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 03:52 AM
3 hrs ago

Yet Jan 6 still happened.

And then there's post-voting confiscation of machines and ballots

LudwigPastorius

(14,345 posts)
3. Not to mention that it would take more than half...
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 04:16 AM
3 hrs ago

of the active duty troops in the United States to control every polling site.

We are a pretty complacent lot, but I’d like to think that, if the American public saw 600,000 to 700,000 troops in the streets and at polling places on election day, some shit would go down.

littlemissmartypants

(32,437 posts)
5. He's a psychopath along with his illegitimate pals.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:37 AM
1 hr ago

They don't give a rat's ass about some righteous words on an ancient history document that contains words they cannot read, define and probably would mispronounce.

The real question is when the time comes, "What side will the active duty service members choose?" Also consider that most of them are barely eking by financially.

Keep in mind ~30% of the US population are psychopaths of varying degrees.

https://psychopathyis.org/stats/

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

ColoringFool

(400 posts)
6. Fictional Spokestoady Of The Hour: "This Administration Is Committed To Peace And....
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:55 AM
1 hr ago

Prosperity. President Trump has made it very clear, and very strongly, that he will not allow enemy insurrectionists, paid agitators, violent protestors, and illegal aliens to destroy our great democracy.

To ensure the safety of our patriotic legal citizens who are following the law by voting in person rather than by the traitor Democrat mail-in scheme, President Trump will be safeguarding all polling places where the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from him, by posting members of our courageous military at the entrances, where voters will be asked to provide Photo Identification before being allowed entry to vote.

Some well-known Enemies of the People in Congress and in the Media are claiming absurdly that President Trump would be breaking some law or other by using our troops in this manner. But as the world knows, the President is more committed to upholding and enforcing God's Laws, and if Jesus were here He would be MAGA.

To quote America's greatest President, "Thank you for your attention to this matter."

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