GOP: If We Can’t Win, We’ll Cheat. If We Can’t Cheat, We’ll Intimidate

https://newrepublic.com/article/185334/ken-paxton-texas-gop-cheat-intimidate-elections

38 Comments

  1. OppositeDifference on

    I want to find out what happens when they learn they can’t intimidate either.

  2. Bored_guy_in_dc on

    >It’s a manifestation of the new unofficial Republican slogan: “If you can’t win on the issues, cheat. And if cheating doesn’t get you over the top, intimidate!”

    Someone tell me when they start to even try to win on the issues first…

  3. The next step after intimidation is violent terrorism.

    They’ve done it before and they’ll do it again.

    Fuck Merrick Garland for being too soft on January 6th: Particularly soft (i.e. no consequences) on the organizers in the executive branch and congress.

    Trump’s got a trial, but 95% of the GOP in the House and ~50% of the GOP in the Senate either helped beforehand or obstructed justice for Trump after the fact (aid and comfort to the enemy).

    His (weakness or complicity) have all but assured it’ll happen again.

  4. This guy needs to be locked up.

    In a supposedly democratic country, people like this – who try to intimidate legitimate voters – should not be allowed to walk free.

    Surely there must be a way of putting a stop to this guy’s anti-democratic practices?

  5. Serious, the feds should be bringing some charges against this guy, since Texas can’t/won’t rein him in.

  6. old_and_boring_guy on

    Yea, there’s the face of intimidation. That guy looks like he bleeds butter and shame.

    People who sit on their asses all day long telling each other *they’re* the strong ones.

  7. Step one is already off the table. It’s full on cheat mode for Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump and his sickening GOP toadies

  8. The Roger Stone playbook of disinformation and “attack, attack, attack!”. They will flood the zone with bullshit.

  9. I’m one of the voters who got purged and there’s absolutely zero reason for it. I’m born in Texas and have never moved away or ever faced any criminal convictions. I’m just a registered Democrat

  10. Upbeat-Table-8941 on

    GOP trying to stay in power. This country is getting browner and colorful ethnically. In a decade or two these bigot baby boomers will no longer be here. That’s when the gop will admit defeat

  11. threehundredthousand on

    Nazis are protected by tolerance and appeasement. They fear no consequences for threatening Americans with violence and oppression.

  12. Intimidate how? Doing the same “THERE’S GONNA BE A CIVIL WAR!” empty threat they keep waving around?

  13. Aggressive-Cut5836 on

    Why do they think they’re the only ones who can intimidate? They should come to LA, I’d love to see them try doing some intimidation here. I don’t think it’ll last too long.

  14. UnhappyCourt5425 on

    not only will I never travel to Texas or even through it, but I actually look at labels now to see where things are made

    I’m sure I’ll get the standard down votes and people saying oh not all people in Texas are bad you should go to Austin and I say fuck that no money for Texas until they have more blue representative legislature

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