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bucolic_frolic

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8. What exactly is Trump's grievance, or injury here?

Reply to badseedboy (Original post)

Thu Aug 13, 2020, 04:29 PM

Aug 2020

Does he even have standing? The people haven't voted yet. He can't say with any degree of certainty which voters or groups of voters will vote, or will vote against him. This to me seems trying to get an injunction of sorts against something that hasn't actually happened. Is it litigating paranoia?

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Trump campaign, Republican groups sue 'rogue' Iowa election officials over absentee ballot forms [View all] badseedboy Aug 2020 OP

I hope it's obvious to voters that their pResident is trying to kill them! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1

What bullshit. I live in Iowa and printed my request from the SoS website rurallib Aug 2020 #2

Courts have not been kind to Trump in this area the past couple of days. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #3

hoping for the same here badseedboy Aug 2020 #4

Yes, they are really sounding desperate PatSeg Aug 2020 #5

Used to live in Linn County, in Coggon - just north of Paris, Iowa. On the banks of the ... marble falls Aug 2020 #6

Iowa is such a lovely, increasingly diverse badseedboy Aug 2020 #7

All those Republicans and yet there's a private or brand name religion affilliated liberal ... marble falls Aug 2020 #9

What exactly is Trump's grievance, or injury here? bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #8

Yes. Is this akin badseedboy Aug 2020 #10

Don the Con is doing his utmost to suppress votes so he can steal this election. nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #11

He isn't even hiding it. LisaL Aug 2020 #12

I know...heard that in some press sinppet today. Yet, the GOP shows no backbone to stop it. nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #13