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In reply to the discussion: Gov. DeSantis announces 20 felons charged with voter fraud across Florida [View all]Grokenstein
(6,226 posts)15. Do they even exist?
Shades of Joe McCarthy's "subversives" list.
So far as we can tell, for all McCarthys bluster, his list(s) were mainly numbers either taken from other sources or misremembered or just made up, and yet people believed them, and acted as a result of what he said he had. The times were right, and the Wisconsin senator and others were allowed to go on scapegoating and fear-mongering for several years.
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Gov. DeSantis announces 20 felons charged with voter fraud across Florida [View all]
Jose Garcia
Aug 2022
OP
They can if they've done their time and paid fines, fees, and restitution
Hugh_Lebowski
Aug 2022
#14
Thanks a heap, there goes my evening. That series on documents that changed the world is fascinating
NullTuples
Aug 2022
#34
It's a deep well, but I wonder how often they can get away with dipping from it
Torchlight
Aug 2022
#5
Not to mention that these ex cons actually took the time to vote, did their civic duty
LiberalLovinLug
Aug 2022
#26
And yet a felon can run for Congress and even the Presidency, but don't dare vote.
Maggiemayhem
Aug 2022
#30
What about the MAGAts who voted for their dead relatives, Guv. Deathsatan??
DemocraticPatriot
Aug 2022
#33