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Jack Valentino

(5,250 posts)
19. The President has absolutely no authority to cancel elections in the states---
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 11:12 PM
Sep 2025

and he doesn't have enough troops or national guardsmen to physically halt elections
in a nation of over 300 million people....

I shudder to think about the reaction if he tried to do so---
probably the biggest national march upon the White House which has never occurred...




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Is Martial Law Coming Next? [View all] Bayard Sep 2025 OP
No. SSJVegeta Sep 2025 #1
That's a definite maybe? Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #2
Maybe it's Maybelline? Dave Bowman Sep 2025 #9
He is saving that for the midterms. Meanwhile he is busy normalizing martial law by invading blue cities with troops. JCMach1 Sep 2025 #3
Yep just getting their ducks in a row for bluestarone Sep 2025 #18
I doubt they have the manpower to pull it off. Queso Delicioso Sep 2025 #4
Do the math Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #8
Precisely. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2025 #10
Incremental Martial Law is Now In Effect MrWowWow Sep 2025 #5
Your math is way off Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #7
Reminder: Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #6
How about if they deputize all the MAGAts that have guns? Bayard Sep 2025 #11
What would they do if they were deputized? DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2025 #14
Consider this an invitation Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Sep 2025 #12
Umm... Morbius Sep 2025 #13
Martial law wouldn't be the ultimate objective. It WILL be B.See Sep 2025 #15
It is NOT pre-ordained. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #16
The President has absolutely no authority to cancel elections in the states--- Jack Valentino Sep 2025 #19
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