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MarineCombatEngineer

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5. Me too Skittles,

Reply to Skittles (Reply #4)

Thu May 13, 2021, 09:19 PM

May 2021

and not once was I ever pressured on who to vote for, although in '64, I was too young to vote as the voting age was still 21.

Personally, I think that if this really did happen to OP, then it was an isolated case.

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The military has always supported the Republican Party [View all] Edwcraig May 2021 OP

1 of how many? OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #1

One basic training command indoctrinating its troops to support Republicans IS a cause of concern. Edwcraig May 2021 #2

Ya know, MarineCombatEngineer May 2021 #3

You haven't proved that it actually happened. Kaleva May 2021 #10

I was in the military and was never pressured to vote in a particular way Skittles May 2021 #4

Me too Skittles, MarineCombatEngineer May 2021 #5

also, a college degree is not required to be offended by crap Skittles May 2021 #6

I was in the military and I was. Edwcraig May 2021 #7

yes, we surmised that from your post Skittles May 2021 #8

I was in the military also MarineCombatEngineer May 2021 #9

In my 28 years, I never heard of any attempt to pressure or even encourage how or whether to vote. TomSlick May 2021 #11