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In reply to the discussion: I think he stole it. [View all]Cirsium
(1,242 posts)Of course the election was stolen. Nothing surprising about that, but it is very difficult now to do anything about it. The window of opportunity was shut a while ago. Why do people think that Trump and others kept hammering on "the Democrats are stealing elections!" nonsense? The Republicans stole that issue from us. Those on the Left who have been pointing out the election rigging efforts by the Republicans over the last 25+ years have been dismissed as cranks and conspiracy theorists, or just ignored.
All sorts of voter suppression tactics were used, and millions - disproportionately African American voters - were purged from voter registration rolls. Absurdly long lines in African American districts have become so routine that it has become normalized. "Look at those brave people standing in line or hours!" I saw posted here more tha once. Why should there ever be lines like that anywhere? Or else the voters themselves are blamed - they should have done this, they should have done that.