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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:10 AM Jul 2020

Why are they actively trying to kill us? Will half a million dead cancel the election?

Will trump claim some kind of emergency rule and just allow a million to die?

It sure feels that way as we are struggling what to do with school for our kid. They are pressuring so hard to kill kids, families, teachers....

Is this Putin? Is he trying to kill me, you, all of us?

Are Kemp and DeSantis going along because they were put in office by Putin to kill Americans? Feels like it.

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Why are they actively trying to kill us? Will half a million dead cancel the election? (Original Post) NightWatcher Jul 2020 OP
Virus disproportionately impacts the poor and people of color flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #1
No one person has the power to cancel the Nov. 2020 election. Laelth Jul 2020 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2020 #11
Imagine that you are the Governor of CA. Laelth Jul 2020 #12
Trump has power to affect the election in his favor though, cancellation is not necessary to do so uponit7771 Jul 2020 #18
Chump can't cancel the election FakeNoose Jul 2020 #3
I assume you have well thought out plans in place in case Trump cancels the election Kaleva Jul 2020 #4
Is there a strategy? Johnny2X2X Jul 2020 #5
Now that all Covid information mercuryblues Jul 2020 #6
I really with people would get off these nutty scenarios BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #7
What's nutty? The idea that the cheating loser would do anything to stay in power? NightWatcher Jul 2020 #8
It's nuttier than squirrel shit dude. BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #9
Then answer why are they forcing kids back? NightWatcher Jul 2020 #10
Only non-curious people and bots are rejecting such questions now lostnfound Jul 2020 #19
Again, what's your plan if Trump cancels the elections? Kaleva Jul 2020 #13
+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Jul 2020 #15
Nice to see someone can afford to give Trump the benefit of the doubt uponit7771 Jul 2020 #16
Trump was installed to fuck US. No one does anything to stop him. triron Jul 2020 #14
Yes, it's Putin's Pay For Slay program. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #17

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
1. Virus disproportionately impacts the poor and people of color
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:16 AM
Jul 2020

It wouldn't surprise me if this is the new voter suppression tactic.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
2. No one person has the power to cancel the Nov. 2020 election.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:19 AM
Jul 2020

That’s because elections are handled at the state level, and not at the federal level. This particular feature of our unwieldy republic makes us remarkably resistant to tyranny.

-Laelth

Response to Laelth (Reply #2)

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
12. Imagine that you are the Governor of CA.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 12:04 PM
Jul 2020

You control your state’s elections. The President can’t stop you, so you will hold your election, no matter what the lunatic in the White House says. You will certify your electoral votes, and they will then vote in the electoral college (for Biden, presumably).

Now, imagine that you are the Governor of TX. Your party leader, the lunatic in the White House, has told you that you should not hold an election. He has no power to stop you from holding an election, but, for whatever reason, that’s clearly what he wants. For your part, you know that your state will have NO SAY in selecting the next President if you don’t hold an election. Even worse, your state will have NO MEMBERS in the House of Representatives if you don’t hold an election. You’ll also lose one Senate seat. What will you do? You will hold an election, no matter what the lunatic in the White House says.

The idea that there will be no November 2020 election is absurd. The election will happen. Nobody has the power to stop it. Our Constitution actually works fairly well.

-Laelth

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
18. Trump has power to affect the election in his favor though, cancellation is not necessary to do so
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:59 PM
Jul 2020

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
3. Chump can't cancel the election
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:24 AM
Jul 2020

My thought is Pootie stopped caring whether Chump wins or loses. As a matter of fact, I'll bet Pootie knows Chump will lose and he won't waste any time or money on it. That's maybe why Chump is so desperate now, he's figured out that Putin can't do a thing to help him.

We cannot let up any pressure - we have to keep our eyes on the prize!


Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
5. Is there a strategy?
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:26 AM
Jul 2020

Not sure if there is, it could be just Trump's total refusal to admit mistakes were made, and the cult is following him down the rabbit hole of death.

Only thing I can think is that it will get so bad he'll try to cancel the election.

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
6. Now that all Covid information
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:28 AM
Jul 2020

is being white house washed, we will never know when we reach 1/2 a million dead.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
8. What's nutty? The idea that the cheating loser would do anything to stay in power?
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:42 AM
Jul 2020

If that's not at issues then answer why they are forcing kids back to school when they know it will result in mass death?

BannonsLiver

(16,396 posts)
9. It's nuttier than squirrel shit dude.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:43 AM
Jul 2020

You give him too much credit. Might be a good time for a mental health “news” break.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
10. Then answer why are they forcing kids back?
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:46 AM
Jul 2020

We closed schools when there was little death in March. Now we're losing hundreds a day in Florida alone.

lostnfound

(16,184 posts)
19. Only non-curious people and bots are rejecting such questions now
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 11:26 AM
Jul 2020

The rest of us are saying “wtf? They seem to be doing this ON PURPOSE. Why tf would they be doing that??”

There are no normal explanations. But creating chaos, population reduction, or other ideas come to mind. Because the way the GOP is misleading on this issue clearly has the effect of maximizing the epidemic.

Failure to imagine evil is a great protector of evil.

Kaleva

(36,312 posts)
13. Again, what's your plan if Trump cancels the elections?
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:18 PM
Jul 2020

If you have no plan, then the you probably are not concerned at all of it ever happening.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
17. Yes, it's Putin's Pay For Slay program.
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 02:57 PM
Jul 2020

He pays the Taliban to kill our troops and he pays Trump to kill the rest of us.

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