Trump threatens to withhold aid to 2 states over expanded voting by mail

[RandomGuy]

President Trump on Wednesday threatened to halt federal funding to Michigan and Nevada over the distribution of absentee ballots in those states amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak that has left more than 90,000 Americans dead.

“Breaking: Michigan sends absentee ballots to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election,” Trump tweeted. “This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path!”

Both Michigan and Nevada are considered potential swing states in the November election.

The president followed up with a tweet tagging Russ Vought, the acting director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget; Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows; and the U.S. Treasury Department.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-threatens-michigan-nevada-absentee-ballots-election-coronavirus-145352156.html

[Reck]

:lol not even trying to hide it at this point. The GOP afraid of people actually voting. Go figure.

[Spurminator]

There's no defense for this. The President is a fascist and a sociopath. People will die because he's afraid voter turnout will lose him the office.

[hater]

I have mo problem with vote by mail tbqh

I trust mailmen and our postal system

I have less trust on electronic voting machines and software tbqh

but paper ballot by mail?

hell no problem at all

still :lmao at any coherent human being voting for Trump OR Biden whether by mail or not :lmao

[hater]

when you have 2 turds as choices does it really matter how to vote? :lol

no it doesnt

[Reck]

when you have 2 turds as choices does it really matter how to vote? :lol

no it doesnt

Yes, it matters. Obviously.

[hater]

Yes, it matters. Obviously.

Id think you have bigger problems than mail voting if you have 2 human excrements as only choices imo

[Blake]

There's no defense for this. The President is a fascist and a sociopath. People will die because he's afraid voter turnout will lose him the office.

QUID PRO QUO

[Warlord23]

IDK how anyone with a brain or a conscience can vote for this turd.

First off, they aren't ballots .. they're applications for postal ballots. Second, the Michigan and Nevada secretaries of state don't work for Trump. Third, Michigan voters voted in favour of this in the last election cycle

So basically Trump doesn't want states to implement what their citizens want, unless he personally approves it

[LkrFan]

SMH

[tholdren]

IDK how anyone with a brain or a conscience can vote for this turd.

First off, they aren't ballots .. they're applications for postal ballots. Second, the Michigan and Nevada secretaries of state don't work for Trump. Third, Michigan voters voted in favour of this in the last election cycle

So basically Trump doesn't want states to implement what their citizens want, unless he personally approves it
How has he personally changed your life. What has been different with this presidency than the past however many you were alive for?

[Warlord23]

How has he personally changed your life. What has been different with this presidency than the past however many you were alive for?

The KKK, anti-vaxxers, child abusers etc haven't personally impacted me either ... doesn't mean I would consider supporting or voting for them

[baseline bum]

when you have 2 turds as choices does it really matter how to vote? :lol

no it doesnt

It doesn't matter if you give Mitch McConnell a rubber stamp or not?

[Warlord23]

Trump is the stupidest, most ignorant, least curious, most delusional, least truthful, most narcissistic, most vengeful, most mentally unstable politician in my lifetime ... No matter who has personally suffered at his hands

[hater]

Trump is the stupidest, most ignorant, least curious, most delusional, least truthful, most narcissistic, most vengeful, most mentally unstable politician in my lifetime ... No matter who has personally suffered at his hands

same thing can be said about Biden

[hater]

It doesn't matter if you give Mitch McConnell a rubber stamp or not?

or Pelosi

[spurraider21]

RBG’s looming death is the only thing Biden has going for him tbh.

And even then he’ll probably cuck out and pick a right leaning centrist to look like he’s a reasonable guy.
wouldnt put it past cocaine mitch to sit on a judicial nomination for a full 4-year term tbh

they railroaded garland who is not even remotely far left

[baseline bum]

or Pelosi

False equivalence, the senate is much farther to the right since it's dominated by right leaning states. It's why even with a supermajority the Democrats couldn't get the public option that would have actually lowered insurance costs through the senate. Pelosi would be much less powerful than McConnell is for legislation, not to mention McConnell being able to jam through hard right federal judges to lifetime terms.

[hater]

False equivalence, the senate is much farther to the right since it's dominated by right leaning states. It's why even with a supermajority the Democrats couldn't get the public option that would have actually lowered insurance costs through the senate. Pelosi would be much less powerful than McConnell is for legislation, not to mention McConnell being able to jam through hard right federal judges to lifetime terms.

right or left senators and congressmen

they all work for the same masters anyway

[Splits]

wouldnt put it past cocaine mitch to sit on a judicial nomination for a full 4-year term tbh

they railroaded garland who is not even remotely far left

Guaranteed Biden will nominate this faggot

[Reck]

Guaranteed Biden will nominate this faggot

It'll be a woman. Dude wants a woman VP and a woman, specifically a black woman on the bench.

[boutons_deux]

‘The absurd has become reality’: Impeachment lawyer says Trump’s threats against states prove Democrats’ case

Daniel Goldman,

majority counsel in the impeachment inquiry and staff counsel to the House managers during the trial,

said the president had attempted to extort states by threatening to withhold aid (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-funds-to-michigan-after-it-sends-out-illegal-absentee-ballots/) if they went through with plans to expand voting by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Just a friendly reminder that the President’s attempted extortion of states was anticipated,” Goldman tweeted.

impeachment witness Pamela Karlan, a Stanford Law professor who testified during the trial that

Trump’s request for assistance from Ukraine was similar to

him asking a state’s governor to perform a favor in exchange for disaster assistance.

“In fact, it was a hypothetical designed to show how absurd that would be,” Goldman tweeted.

“The absurd has sadly become reality.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/the-absurd-has-become-reality-impeachment-lawyer-says-trumps-threats-against-states-prove-democrats-case/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4586 (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/the-absurd-has-become-reality-impeachment-lawyer-says-trumps-threats-against-states-prove-democrats-case/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4586)

Signore Don Trasheone

"Nice state you have there. Too bad if something happened to it"

[hater]

It'll be a woman. Dude wants a woman VP and a woman, specifically a black woman on the bench.

he wants to nominate that Michigan Gov lady

yes, the Rapist wants to run with the Sex Assault Survivor :lmao

[Chris]

Trump

[ChumpDumper]

TrumpWhy do you not want people to be able to vote the same way Trump votes?

[Reck]

Why do you not want people to be able to vote the same way Trump votes?

Does Chris not know Trump needs Michigan to even have a shot at re-election?

:lol threatening to hold federal fund for a state he badly needs is a bold move with an election like 6 months away.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Michigan is going to be a problem tbh.

[baseline bum]

right or left senators and congressmen

they all work for the same masters anyway

Ah so everyone's Mitch McConnell.