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    And don’t underestimate Trumps statement about “you don’t have to vote anymore”.

    Believe them when they show you who they are. They will do everything (no matter the legality) to do away with future elections.

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    He was confident he’d win the election no matter what VP he picked. He was caught off guard by Biden’s withdrawal because the thought of giving up his ambitions for the good of the country is incomprehensible to Trump. We’re talking about a guy who looks at US military casualties and POWs and thinks “losers.”

    As someone who’d get him a bunch of big tech dollars for his campaign (legal) expenses and would also do literally anything he was told, Vance probably seemed like the perfect pick.

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      Well.

      He probably won’t stop fucking couches or dolphins. The good news for his handlers is they can control the environment. So at least he won’t be fucking the podium during a campaign rally, or something.

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    He also said in 2016 that Trump would be next Hitler, and Donny did not forget such level of flattery.

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    Can’t we just arrest him for trying to overthrow the government? It’s super obvious that’s what’s going on.

    It’s a bad look, I know. We can beat him in novemeber but at the same time. Why do we let a demagogue carry on like this?

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    Fucking couch cushions is just a side gig.

    The destruction of democracy for Putin is his prime directive.

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    Makes sense. Trump prioritized loyalty and staying in power because at the time he was confident he would win.

    Now he’s stressing bigly hahaha. Meanwhile Chuck Schumer forked him by saying Trump must replace Vance. So then if he does, it looks like he’s caving to Dems which Trump’s ego cannot stand.

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    Seems kind of moot to me, it’s not like they’ll be another vote if Trump wins. Or at least not one that’s so incredibly tampered with to make Vance’s job unnecessary.

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    Tinfoil hat time!

    If Trump gets elected, I give him one year. I think the plan is for JD Vance to replace him as quickly as possible.

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    Basically, no matter which side wins, this is ending in a civil war. Hopefully it’s one of those really short wars that last not even an hour

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      You’re forgetting one thing. Trump was in charge of the country last time and couldn’t pull it off.

      This time the military and the police will be ready, and you know that any trooper that’s even half way suspected of mixed loyalties will be reassigned to a safe post.

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      Please go outside, go to a coffee shop or a bar and sit down and people watch. You’ll see that the majority of people are tired of radical polticization and just want it to end. There will not be a Civil War

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        And the beauty is that all the maga idiots wear their loyalties on their sleeve by covering their homes with tacky Trump shit. Keep an eye on those homes and vehicles and if something even remotely looks sketchy, call the police. And keep calling.

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          Actually maybe call the FBI instead. Local cops will protect their own. Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.