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PLEASE STOP the BlueAnon/Starlink conspiracy spreading (Original Post) HelpImSurrounded Nov 2024 OP
Okay, but in that same light, please don't use the "BlueAnon" label around here. Tommy Carcetti Nov 2024 #1
BlueAnon is a good name for election deniers Abnredleg Nov 2024 #2
Comparing legitimate questions about the election with QAnon gab13by13 Nov 2024 #5
If it had been posed as a legitimate question I might agree HelpImSurrounded Nov 2024 #7
Then just call it a conspiracy theory. nt Tommy Carcetti Nov 2024 #11
It's a legitimate question. EndlessWire Nov 2024 #41
What questions do you have? DiamondShark Nov 2024 #45
seriously? Americans are that easily led? travelingthrulife Nov 2024 #53
Yes, Americans are that easily led. The election results speak for themselves. DiamondShark Nov 2024 #56
You can just call it a baseless conspiracy theory and leave it at that. Tommy Carcetti Nov 2024 #10
see post 45. DiamondShark Nov 2024 #47
No, it's not. nt Tommy Carcetti Nov 2024 #14
I've only ever seen "BlueAnon" used by the right as a pejorative, usually to deflect from QAnon chia Nov 2024 #3
He only has 502 posts orangecrush Nov 2024 #20
Yep and nonsense like this doesn't encourage me to engage at a higher rate. I can get this by walking out my front door HelpImSurrounded Nov 2024 #26
Sometimes taking a walk outside is a good form of exercise. DiamondShark Nov 2024 #48
Don't worry about micromanaging here. Hope22 Nov 2024 #4
Or by civilians The Grand Illuminist Nov 2024 #42
Certainly civilians. 👍 Hope22 Nov 2024 #44
This bs will come in handy... Bobstandard Nov 2024 #6
Some of them are already turning on each other, so I'm just waiting for the 'icing on the cake', to see them get into SWBTATTReg Nov 2024 #51
Surrender in advance? Bobstandard Nov 2024 #57
Until we can see the "proprietary" source code this will never go away. Basso8vb Nov 2024 #8
As much as I'd love to relitigate 2004 Ohio... HelpImSurrounded Nov 2024 #23
We have NO IDEA what the operating system is doing with the data. Basso8vb Nov 2024 #37
One way to get the information you request... DiamondShark Nov 2024 #49
As a counterpoint... Think. Again. Nov 2024 #9
Nah obamanut2012 Nov 2024 #12
BUT you can't prove that Progressive dog Nov 2024 #13
Why can't we talk about it? Texasgal Nov 2024 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Hiawatha Pete Nov 2024 #21
BY all means keep it up HelpImSurrounded Nov 2024 #24
"You'll Sound Just Like Them" SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #35
It's gaslighting tenderfoot Nov 2024 #30
How dare people interrupt my goofy conspiracy theories with reality! lol tritsofme Nov 2024 #33
People can think what they want tenderfoot Nov 2024 #36
If you take away misinformation and conspiracy theories, there's nothing left for the election deniers to talk about. tritsofme Nov 2024 #16
100% NO... DU started as a response to a questionable JCMach1 Nov 2024 #17
IF there were EVIDENCE TO WEIGH... then maybe. But there isn't any. HelpImSurrounded Nov 2024 #25
We don't know that. It's way too soon. I know what I think happened JCMach1 Nov 2024 #29
It is not unreasonable to be suspicious about a CONVICTED FELON's methods and intent Blue Owl Nov 2024 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Hiawatha Pete Nov 2024 #22
Sure, if your suspicions are reasonable HelpImSurrounded Nov 2024 #28
Congratulations on 502 posts. orangecrush Nov 2024 #19
Not everyone needs to talk and talk and talk to be valid.... AkFemDem Nov 2024 #54
PLEASE STOP using all caps and telling people what to think and feel. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #27
What they are doing is a chilling effect. Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #31
Absolutely! It's not helpful to our cause. We must move right away if we want to at least take back the hse in '28 PortTack Nov 2024 #32
DU has a long, long history of questioning and mulling over election integrity JCMach1 Nov 2024 #34
It Sure Did Help THEIR Cause SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #38
If I wanted people to tell me BlueKota Nov 2024 #39
Links and Summary for Election Suspicions Heck Nov 2024 #40
I seen them lights moving all in a row in the night sky, stealing votes as they go Bonx Nov 2024 #43
You don't need to tell people what to do on a message board Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #46
FACT FOCUS: Election officials knock down Starlink vote rigging conspiracy theories LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 #50
You're arguing with the democratic version of Q AkFemDem Nov 2024 #52
WHY? Anger drives turnout krawhitham Nov 2024 #55
we have to listen to MAGAts whining about election results for four fucking years Skittles Nov 2024 #58
I think 5-10 years ahead or more HelpImSurrounded Nov 2024 #59

Tommy Carcetti

(44,283 posts)
1. Okay, but in that same light, please don't use the "BlueAnon" label around here.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 10:45 AM
Nov 2024

It was created by Trumpists who wanted to belittle serious matters such as Trump's documented ties to and collusion with Russia as being akin to QAnon quackery.

Thank you in advance.

Abnredleg

(1,218 posts)
2. BlueAnon is a good name for election deniers
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 10:50 AM
Nov 2024

Same reasoning and thought process as the deniers. The same arguments, actually.

HelpImSurrounded

(558 posts)
7. If it had been posed as a legitimate question I might agree
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 10:57 AM
Nov 2024

Instead of it was just techno-illiterate-conspiracy mongering

EndlessWire

(8,103 posts)
41. It's a legitimate question.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 02:21 PM
Nov 2024

Who are you to declare those that ask it are techno illiterate conspiracy mongers? Just because YOU can't imagine it, doesn't mean it wasn't possible. Nobody wins the House, the Senate, the Presidency and the popular vote without extra help. That really panders to his ego, doesn't it?

YOU may seek to shut the inquiries down, but most people prefer to know the truth. We have to beat him out when he next holds his sham election. We have to know for the Midterms. I prefer to have professionals examining this problem, but if no one will ask this question, then we will.

DiamondShark

(1,162 posts)
45. What questions do you have?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 10:50 PM
Nov 2024

I used to work at our county elections office in the IT department. In the summer of 2016 we hardened our network against a Russian cyberattack. In 2018 we installed new voting machines. In 2020 new laptops for check in, and went to mail in voting. I left prior to 2022 election for a better IT position. I will not answer questions that would confirm my identity, or compromise the security of our county and election department.

Election night 2024 I was a bit surprised Trump was climbing ahead of Harris in the vote count. But I looked at my phone around 8PM and saw the missed calls and text messages on my Google Voice attached spam number. The messages were from Trump promoting Super PACs. I looked back through the history and found multiple messages per day going back to April 2024. Most were in the spam folder, but I realized at that moment why we were losing. I scrolled through the messages for the next couple of hours. I don't recall seeing many messages promoting Harris.

Trump used social media, direct messages, and push polls to get his message out. I think Trump promoting Super PACs were responsible for the results. I don't know how soon the Super PACs have to declare their spending. I think we will find out Trump affiliates out spent Harris 5 to 1.

travelingthrulife

(3,480 posts)
53. seriously? Americans are that easily led?
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:36 PM
Nov 2024

So you got spammed by Trump therefore that is why we lost. I got the same from Democrats.

DiamondShark

(1,162 posts)
56. Yes, Americans are that easily led. The election results speak for themselves.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:51 PM
Nov 2024

Recheck those messages, and see what Super PAC they came from.

Tommy Carcetti

(44,283 posts)
10. You can just call it a baseless conspiracy theory and leave it at that.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 11:07 AM
Nov 2024

No need to give into the language of the Trumpists for any reason.

chia

(2,673 posts)
3. I've only ever seen "BlueAnon" used by the right as a pejorative, usually to deflect from QAnon
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 10:50 AM
Nov 2024

HelpImSurrounded

(558 posts)
26. Yep and nonsense like this doesn't encourage me to engage at a higher rate. I can get this by walking out my front door
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:59 PM
Nov 2024

DiamondShark

(1,162 posts)
48. Sometimes taking a walk outside is a good form of exercise.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 07:19 AM
Nov 2024

In light of the results, we need as much time away from bad news and toxic social media.

Hope22

(4,205 posts)
4. Don't worry about micromanaging here.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 10:52 AM
Nov 2024

History shows us that it takes at least three years for the truth to come out. If it doesn’t this time it will have been an intervention of god, either way! 😉

Bobstandard

(2,041 posts)
6. This bs will come in handy...
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 10:54 AM
Nov 2024

…when the MAGats turn on Trump. They are so irrational that they’ll need something to explain how he got in a position to screw everything up so badly. A crackpot conspiracy theory is just the ticket.

SWBTATTReg

(25,753 posts)
51. Some of them are already turning on each other, so I'm just waiting for the 'icing on the cake', to see them get into
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:26 PM
Nov 2024

full blown fights over literally everything. It'll just tell all of us that the republicans aren't exactly the party of getting things done either...I never thought that they could get anything done, and now, we're going to see it in full living color!

HelpImSurrounded

(558 posts)
23. As much as I'd love to relitigate 2004 Ohio...
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:55 PM
Nov 2024

We aren't going to see proprietary source code. I am a firm believer that voting machines should use open source so it can be hammered by every hacker out there before it gets used.

But paper trails are the only way to audit these systems so as long as paperless systems exist, we have a problem.

Basso8vb

(1,217 posts)
37. We have NO IDEA what the operating system is doing with the data.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:34 PM
Nov 2024

And neither do you.

NONE of us will until we can see the source code LINE BY LINE.


DiamondShark

(1,162 posts)
49. One way to get the information you request...
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 07:22 AM
Nov 2024

Is going to work for one of the voting machine companies, signing the NDA, then auditing the code.

Outside of that, lookup my friend who gave a talk at the Voting Village Defcon Conference.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
9. As a counterpoint...
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 11:06 AM
Nov 2024

I'd like to suggest we DO continue to question anything that trump does that seems questionable, and that we DO continue to hold our election security (and anything else) to the highest of standards, such as insisting that proper audits are completed and publicized, and supporting any attempts to verify the legitimacy of any actions going forward.

We should NOT just take the word of anyone on important matters, we should NOT allow ourselves to be intimidated as soon as anyone throws out the phrase "conspiracy theory!", and we should NOT simply pre-obey.

Response to Texasgal (Reply #15)

 

SoCalDavidS

(10,599 posts)
35. "You'll Sound Just Like Them"
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:32 PM
Nov 2024

GOOD!!

It HELPED, not hurt them in this election.

The American people don't seem to mind complainers. Perhaps that's a better idea than quitting.

tritsofme

(19,575 posts)
16. If you take away misinformation and conspiracy theories, there's nothing left for the election deniers to talk about.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 11:44 AM
Nov 2024

JCMach1

(29,003 posts)
17. 100% NO... DU started as a response to a questionable
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:00 PM
Nov 2024

Election.

Maybe some pearl clutchers should take a few minutes and weigh evidence as it comes in.

It goes against everything DU was founded on to not tightly question what are some very bizarre election results.

JCMach1

(29,003 posts)
29. We don't know that. It's way too soon. I know what I think happened
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:02 PM
Nov 2024

But I am very much waiting to hear if there is anything else.

We absolutely should not be in the business of silencing skeptics and regardless of what I think at the moment I will absolutely defend their right to openly question on this forum.

The people saying sit down and shut up are way out of line here.

Blue Owl

(57,605 posts)
18. It is not unreasonable to be suspicious about a CONVICTED FELON's methods and intent
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:21 PM
Nov 2024

Especially when one of his chief underlings owns a technology such as Starlink that is capable of many functions in the digital realm -- I have ZERO problems with an investigation. This isn't baseless or founded in fantasy -- it's a strong likelihood that needs to be factually and scientifically disproven before it can be completely dismissed.

Just supposing there was interference that hasn't been caught or detected yet. Prematurely conceding or rolling over could then set the precedence for the next however many elections until there are no more -- and that could be sooner than anyone thinks.

I don't trust Donald tRump one iota. I think his previous and present behavior and body language is telling that he tried cheating before and this time he cheated again and it worked.

Response to Blue Owl (Reply #18)

HelpImSurrounded

(558 posts)
28. Sure, if your suspicions are reasonable
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:01 PM
Nov 2024

and for about 15 minutes they were reasonable. A quick check would confirm that they aren't.

 

AkFemDem

(2,508 posts)
54. Not everyone needs to talk and talk and talk to be valid....
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:40 PM
Nov 2024

In fact, some of the wiser people I know hold their wisdom and dole it out sparingly.

Blue Full Moon

(2,925 posts)
31. What they are doing is a chilling effect.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:04 PM
Nov 2024

They say do ludicrous things and then when they actually do it you aren't allowed to talk about it.

PortTack

(35,765 posts)
32. Absolutely! It's not helpful to our cause. We must move right away if we want to at least take back the hse in '28
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:07 PM
Nov 2024

JCMach1

(29,003 posts)
34. DU has a long, long history of questioning and mulling over election integrity
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:12 PM
Nov 2024

Evidence.

People need to put on their big boy and big girl pants and realize they are on Democratic Underground and not DNC Chat

 

SoCalDavidS

(10,599 posts)
38. It Sure Did Help THEIR Cause
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:35 PM
Nov 2024

This country apparently doesn't mind sore losers. They rewarded the sore losers with every branch of government.

I'd prefer it to just quitting, and letting them rig future elections. Why bother voting if I have no way to confirm my vote counted?

BlueKota

(4,686 posts)
39. If I wanted people to tell me
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:48 PM
Nov 2024

how to feel, how to think, how to act, and what to say, I'd go back to the Catholic Church and vote Republican. Speaking for myself been there, done that, & never going back.

Offering a rebuttal to another's point of view is one thing, telling them what they should and shouldn't say or post is another. The later is called attempted censorship, just what autocracies thrive on.

Heck

(10 posts)
40. Links and Summary for Election Suspicions
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:58 PM
Nov 2024

Summary of evidence and concerns:
Trump is a Russian asset working for Putin (see book American Kompromat by journalist Craig Unger or Active Measures documentary with Hillary Clinton(1), sources below). Elon and Trump are working together (2). They both have substantial ties to Epstein (3) (4) (5) (6). Trump stole election software in 2020 (7). Similarly, Elon Musk has been in contact with Russia for the last 2 years (8). This includes during the Ukraine War when Russia began using Starlink (9) while it was claimed they got them third party and not from Musk himself; however now appears imo to show Elon is a doublecrosser.


Starlink, Elon's satellite company, was installed in some voting machines across the country (10) and may have interfered with vote tabulation. Voting machines were found to be connected to the internet (11). An independent report on voting machines concluded that tabulation tampering was possible with current voting machines, so hand counts are vital (12). In September, Politico had an investigation finding Russian malware on a state voter registration database (13). Also, there were malicious fake texts from fake DNC organizations, connected to Elon who donated to them, that were fishing voter info (14).

Elon had results of election on an app 4 hours before official counts had it (15), per Joe Rogan podcast in a discussion to Theo Von. Earlier this year, Tana Monogeau, released info that she'd been offered millions of dollars to endorse the Trump campaign and that she knew others had taken the deal (16).

They will release more info admitting their fraud because they are a Russian asset trying to start a civil war here (speculation). They want us to be confused about sources and who to trust and what's real, they want to release the truth to anger us and lies to anger us. Trump has refused to write an ethics statement for transition of power saying he will transition peacefully (17). JD Vance has also told the EU that unless they allow X unfettered access to the EU (to spread propaganda), they will withdraw the US from NATO (18) - which will prompt wars or takeover either way and weakens Germany, who is entering an election since their government couldn't agree on Ukraine budget. A Russian space chief said Elon Musk’s plan to bomb Mars is a cover to put nuclear weapons in space (19).

Also speculation, are reports of widespread ballot rejection, especially for signatures. There are articles claiming already that it is because GenZ does not know cursive (20) - except the signature simply must match your driver's license. It's not a cursive writing test. Avocado toast but with gen z voting fraud. We do not yet have the ballot rejection rates but typically they are around 1% to 1.5% (21).

Crypto is how right wing conservatism got funded here. It's why it took off- it was basically UBI for those men, funded by foreign intelligence for this purpose along with other uses for crypto like dark money, drugs, trafficking, etc (22)(23). The least informed people we knew were investing in crypto when it was starting, mining bitcoins. They couldn't tell you what a stock or tariff is, yet they were making bank in crypto trading. Crypto trading, especially memecoins, appears to be an obvious scam to most because it's the stock market without ownership. So why were these 4chan pedophiles and nazis doing so well? Because it was just meant to give them money the whole time. And crypto is great for transferring money internationally from shady organizations to shady people (24). Far right catchphrases and meme campaigns dispersed online including X, give out the key words/catchphrases for the new coin that isn't a scam and will disperse money. People who are deep in these groups' internet algorithms get these keywords first and normal outsiders will either not notice or will stay away. No normal person wants a coin that references Hitler if they are just scrolling memecoins.

Once the government has been taken over, they can force their memecoin as the national currency and then rug pull, which is also what Musk is likely going to do to Tesla at the same time. The entire point is to bankrupt America for Putin and his cartoon villain cohorts. Musk is already saying he wants to withdraw from US currency due to national debt (Trump added most of the national debt) (25).

If you're in Germany, take note. They are coming for you next, your election is soon.

News Links

(1)

?si=mwgr4U2c2jleJEBj

(2) https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-weighing-trump-staffing-decisions-sources/story?id=115730434

(3) https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/trump-infiltrate-voting-machines-georgia-2020.html

(4) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-interview.html

(5) https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epsteins-ex-girlfriend-dated-kimbal-musk-brother-of-tesla-founder-elon-musk-2020-1

(6) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fire-and-fury-the-podcast/id1750757108

(7) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/01/trump-jeffrey-epstein-tapes

(8) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-know-about-elon-musks-reported-phone-calls-with-putin-and-why-it-matters

(9) https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-using-thousands-spacex-starlink-terminals-ukraine-wsj-says-2024-02-15/

(10) https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnewsvideo/comments/1gnxqmw/elon_musks_company_starlink_praised_by_tulare/

(11) www.nbcnews.com/news/ncna1112436

(12) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/inside-georgias-effort-to-secure-voting-machines-as-experts-raise-concerns

(13) https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/01/us-election-software-national-security-threats-00176615

(14) https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/10/pro-trump-dark-money-network-tied-to-elon-musk-behind-fake-pro-harris-campaign-scheme/

(15) https://grabien.com/story.php?id=499986

(16) https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/tana-mongeau-paid-political-endorsement

(17) https://apnews.com/article/trump-transition-planning-ca3a6be50d147b04b6498184e5599b1e

(18) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-elon-musk-x-twitter-donald-trump-b2614525.html

(19) https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/499968-russian-space-chief-elon-musks-plan-to-bomb-mars-is-a-cover-to-put/

(20) https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-voters-struggle-signatures-cast-mail-ballot-problems-2024-11

(21) https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_Analysis_of_rejected_ballots

(22) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/far-right-extremists-raise-millions-cryptocurrency-bitcoin/

(23) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/opinion/crypto-cryptocurrency-money-conspiracy.html

(24) https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-europe-f7f754fc2c68b0eb0d712239323f26c3

(25) https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/11/10/its-unsustainable-tesla-ceo-elon-musk-issues-us-serious-bankruptcy-warning-amid-huge-bitcoin-and-dogecoin-price-surge/

Personal Testimony from the dickbags themselves:

youtube.com/live/HBPNfAUPz08?si=PZQa_D_wbN9VoA6y

In the first minute:

"Your votes are rigged. We can win New Mexico."

"If you can watch your vote counter, if we can bring God down from heaven (he's referencing Starlink), we can win this, win California, win a lot of states."

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/if-trump-loses-im-fcked-elon-musk-in-interview-with-tucker-carlson/articleshow/114024254.cms

“If [Trump] loses, I’m f*cked… How long do you think my prison sentence is going to be?”

Why does Elon think he would go to prison though? For what crime?


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Elon: "We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it."

?si=5u_mJNte37r4JmUb

Trump:"Our little secret is having a big impact"

If Trump was so sure the election was rigged and they were going to turnover every state including California, then why hasn't he asked for a recount in all the states with representatives that didn't get elected that he thought would be? Shouldn't he be suing for recounts? He did it last time. Why doesn't he want an investigation this time?

#AssetForfeitureTrumpMusk

If they get locked into years of asset forfeiture from layers and layers of state and municipal claims, we may be able to stop them

Bonus Link:
https://medium.com/@da82ir1jaf/elon-musk-king-of-the-dark-enlightenment-9270332c67af

LetMyPeopleVote

(171,158 posts)
50. FACT FOCUS: Election officials knock down Starlink vote rigging conspiracy theories
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:22 PM
Nov 2024

I have been active in voter protection since 2004. I have been an election judge on several occasions and have been a poll watcher for the central counting tabulation room. The voter check in systems are hooked to the internet to check voter registrations and to code the paper ballots as to what elections are to be voted on by that voter. The machines where the voter make their selections and mark the paper ballots and the machines that tabulate these votes are not connected to the internet. As an election judge, we had to put up all of the machines other than the machine that tabulates the vote. Those machines were hand transported to either a designated drop off place or to the central election office where the machines were given to the machines that further complied the vote. There was a paper trail when we drop off the machines at either location.

I agree with these election experts



https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-election-starlink-musk-steal-trump-38757341656d4f44243076d6356cb68b

Here’s a closer look at the facts.

CLAIM: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk used his internet provider Starlink to steal the 2024 election for President-elect Donald Trump.

THE FACTS: These claims are unfounded. Election officials, including from multiple swing states, told The Associated Press that their voting equipment doesn’t use Starlink and is not even connected to the internet. States have additional security measures to ensure that the count is accurate, according to experts. Election officials and security agencies have reported no significant issues with the 2024 race.

“It is not possible that Starlink was used to hack or change the outcome of the US presidential election,” David Becker, founder and executive director of The Center for Election Innovation and Research, wrote in an email. “This, quite simply, did not happen, and could not happen, thanks to the security measures we have in place, and these conspiracy theories echo other disinformation we’ve heard over the past several years.”

Becker further explained that the country’s nearly 10,000 election jurisdictions use a wide range of voting machines that are not connected to the internet while voting occurs and that nearly all votes are recorded on paper ballots, which are audited by hand to confirm the results of electronic tabulators.

“If anyone tried to interfere with the machines to rig the election, it would be discovered through multiple means, including reconciling the registered voters who cast ballots with the number of votes, as well as the audits,” he added.

 

AkFemDem

(2,508 posts)
52. You're arguing with the democratic version of Q
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:34 PM
Nov 2024

You can't use logic and reason. It's all emotionally driven.

krawhitham

(5,022 posts)
55. WHY? Anger drives turnout
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 04:45 PM
Nov 2024

8 million Dem voters did not show up for one reason or another and anger clearly drives turnout. The GQP were pissed for 4 years about an election they claimed was stolen, that anger led them to victory. Maybe we should try the same thing? So stop with the logic and stop with the facts, let this lead up to victory in 4 years.

Skittles

(168,044 posts)
58. we have to listen to MAGAts whining about election results for four fucking years
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:13 AM
Nov 2024

and this is what you're upset about?

HelpImSurrounded

(558 posts)
59. I think 5-10 years ahead or more
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 11:23 AM
Nov 2024

If four years is all you can manage I can see why we have a problem.

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