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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee -5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (8 children)

The "backlash" will be that the people that take him off the ballot may end up being murdered. Or their family might be killed. Or both. Sure, maybe it's the duty of the secretary of state in each state to remove him from the ballot. But would you be willing to do that if it was likely someone would try to murder you? And consider for a moment that it's likely that a significant number of cops that you might expect would protect you probably sympathize with political violence in favor of Trump.

Those are the stakes for the people that need to remove him from the ballot.

Are you ready and willing to fight? Because you might have to.

EDIT: People seem to think that my comment about getting ready to fight is in support of Trump. It's not. If you believe in this 250-year experiment in Democracy, you might have to be willing to fight--as in, with guns and bullets--to preserve it, and that means fighting against the Trump followers that want to end democracy for a totalitarian gov't. It happened in Germany in the 20s and 30s; don't think that it can't happen here.

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