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Who knew they had it in them? Even Republican state Secretary of States are defying the Kremlin's request for sensitive voter data that could be used 1) to suppress votes, hack vote totals and steal the 2018 midterm elections and 2) (if number one turns out to be impossible due to Trump's massive disapproval ratings) give Russia criminals enough data to steal the identities and bank accounts of every single American who voted in 2016. Thats 126 million of us! What a great gift idea for Putin from Trump to repay him for all that blackmail, disinformation, hacking, under the table money and the odd handful of "deaths in mysterious circumstances".
Apparently, Americans (who disagree about sports, religion, race) agree on one thing. It is our own damn money. We worked for it. And we are not going to allow Trump to give it to the Russian Mob.
Trump, even if a sucker is born every minute, there are only 550,000 minutes in a year. That's 550,000 suckers compared to the 126 million Americans who actually bothered to take part in the Democratic process in 2016 ( a low turn out year). Some of those American voted for you because you promised them a better life. A few voted for you because you made an (implicit) promise to give Blacks, Latinos, Muslims and women worse lives. No one voted for you because they longed for the good old days of the Great Depression.
SOSs, keep up the good work. While it is the job of state Attorney Generals to keep us safe from crime--like credit card fraud, bank fraud and identify theft---in today's age of cyber-crime, law enforcement needs all the help it can get!
FakeNoose
(32,568 posts)Once these states turn over their voter registration data, there's no going back.
Why would the RED states be interested in doing that? I believe they can see the danger just as clearly as we can, and they're not falling for it. This should be fought in court, and I'm sure it would be shot down by federal judges.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)You clarified a really important point---comrade Fatass definitely would wrap that in shiny paper and a bow for his BFF.
Thank you!, I hadn't even thought it out that far. You are absolutely right!
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)Yes, GOOOD WORK, SOS!! UNITED STATES before
party!!!
This gives me much needed HOPE. 💖
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)This could help her get elected - she's silent about it so far.