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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:43 PM Feb 2020

So, the WH and the US Senate are openly NOT working to protect our electoral process... [View all]

The WH is completely dismantling its election security office, and McConnell is refusing to let election security bills pass thru the Senate. Now, the IC is running around with hair afire (think George Tenet in Aug 2001) saying *we are under attack as we speak*.

Then, we vote November 3rd.

What happens on November 4th? If Trump "wins", should we accept the results knowing the election was tampered with? What if we win? Don't you think the other side will point to that same tampering and also call the election bogus?

Unless broad measures are taken NOW, neither side will have confidence in the integrity of the outcome.

This is a major fucking problem, folks.

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So, the WH and the US Senate are openly NOT working to protect our electoral process... [View all] Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 OP

If they secure the election Turbineguy Feb 2020 #1

Exactly. And they know that. Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #2

Russian economy is about Turbineguy Feb 2020 #4

Bingo! TDale313 Feb 2020 #5

Yep ck4829 Feb 2020 #50

I've been saying this for 3+ years maxsolomon Feb 2020 #3

I've been screaming, too. Reliance on election 2020 to rid us of Trump is RISKY BUSINESS. Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #6

Without federal guidance or money, states have only been able to do so much Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #8

hand counting ballots ahlnord Feb 2020 #16

Relying on hand counting only would be more error-prone than a machine Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #18

That conditions people to rely on the machine Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #24

sometimes you don't know if the machines are spitting nonsense. Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #45

Hmmm - @jennycohn1. Gotta try that. calimary Feb 2020 #43

The Fix Is In.... global1 Feb 2020 #7

I cant say if more, Moscow Mitch, Moscow Mitch, Moscow Mitch. slater71 Feb 2020 #9

They want Russia's help because it's the only way they keep power budkin Feb 2020 #10

I think that we will be in a Civil War Dan Feb 2020 #11

I can see how this would lead to violence Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #13

We should plan on violence happening from the right if Dems somehow manage to win. hadEnuf Feb 2020 #36

Wow, your vision is as dark as mine. Dan Feb 2020 #39

It's what the Right has been doing to Dems for years: dehumanize, villianize and finally ostracize. hadEnuf Feb 2020 #41

The WH and the Republicans in the Senate duforsure Feb 2020 #12

catch 22 nt yaesu Feb 2020 #14

Yes it is, but what are Democrats (DNC) doing about it? Perseus Feb 2020 #15

Some Democratic governors have stepped up bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #19

"openly not working" -- standing down -- surrendering bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #17

Sure looks that way! BlueJac Feb 2020 #20

Funny both Trump and the Republicans are not upset with the Russians for trying to rig our .... Botany Feb 2020 #21

k&r forever! n/t orleans Feb 2020 #22

Which is why Russia alone must not be blamed for this mess malaise Feb 2020 #23

Where is the outrage?? young_at_heart Feb 2020 #25

It's called a coup. gembaby1 Feb 2020 #26

They are traitors and it is a coup. Nancy, we don't have weeks for a "briefing." Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #27

Please don't write "the US Senate." Write the "GOP majority in the US Senate." Nitram Feb 2020 #28

Not enough room on the subject line. Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #29

How about GOP instead of Senate, then? It is Republicans that are the problem, not the Senate. Nitram Feb 2020 #30

I'm sorry. What's an IC? Cousin Dupree Feb 2020 #31

The internet community? ananda Feb 2020 #32

Intelligence community -CIA, NSA etc. The group of agencies tasked with intelligence work Arazi Feb 2020 #33

That's the chaos level they are shooting for. Under The Radar Feb 2020 #34

WASF DD DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #35

France. James48 Feb 2020 #37

another step to the autocracy or theocracy or republican-ocracy demigoddess Feb 2020 #38

The remaining fair and impartial justices, the democratic house and the voters are the only things Politicub Feb 2020 #40

Shouldn't Tom Perez and the DNC be kacekwl Feb 2020 #42

this is how they "win" Skittles Feb 2020 #44

worst case scenario is wickedly easy to pull off for them Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #46

they are openly drmeow Feb 2020 #47

Unwilling or unable? ck4829 Feb 2020 #49

If that's the case, then it's not any foreign country to blame, but our own govt ck4829 Feb 2020 #48

But I have been told right here on DU that it's nothing to worry about. Squinch Feb 2020 #51

The answer . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #52

I have no confidence now. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #53