Trump's voter suppression effort has devolved into farce

[Zorro]

With less than three months before Election Day, President Trump’s efforts at voter suppression are becoming so desperate that they would not be out of place in a black comedy. It’s one more example of his ability to take something bad that others have done and create his own unique version of it, one that is simultaneously shameless, corrupt, and so ham-handed that it crosses over into farce.

Someone may try to produce a “Veep” or “Dr. Strangelove” satirizing the Trump era, but it won’t manage to be as absurd and horrifying as the reality.

This is illustrated by a pair of lawsuits Republicans have filed in an effort to make voting as difficult as possible in Nevada and Pennsylvania. You may have heard about the former, but the latter is even crazier and has gotten far less attention.

At the end of June, the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee sued election officials in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania, charging that the use of drop boxes where voters can deliver mail ballots violates the 14th Amendment. This terrifying threat to election integrity, they insisted, must be stopped.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/06/trumps-voter-suppression-effort-has-devolved-into-farce/

[Paladin]

1. I fail to see the humor. (nt)

[marble falls]

4. Test post n/a

[redstatebluegirl]

2. The problem is it might work.

We MUST continue to work on getting people registered and get out the vote. We need to encourage our friends and neighbors to check their registration before it is to late to fix it. I have already heard of at least 3 of my friends who were dropped from the rolls in Oklahoma even though they have voted in the last 3 elections. Do not assume you are good to vote. You may not be. They are pulling out all of the stops, they are cornered rats and you know what that means.

[global1]

3. A Farce That Looks Like They Are Getting Away With To Give Us Another 4 Years Of Trump....

More of a tragedy than a farce.

[Nitram]

5. As hard as I try, I see nothing "farcical" about voter suppression of any kind.