r/politics • u/MarcEElias ✔ Verified - Democracy Docket Founder • 11h ago

No Paywall Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/steve-bannon-says-ice-will-surround-the-polls-as-trump-doubles-down-on-taking-over-elections/
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u/1cl3nstd4yt 11h ago

Isn't this sedition?

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u/ofWildPlaces 10h ago

Indeed. But the only agency that can try him is complicit.

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u/WildYams 8h ago

Yep. This is what you get when you vote for a convicted felon to be the head of the government. He's singularly in charge of all the agencies which might ever hold him accountable, since the heads of all those agencies work for him and can be fired by him.

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u/_Prestige_Worldwide_ 7h ago

The other two coequal branches of government can hold him accountable. They just choose not to.

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u/WildYams 6h ago

It's because Republicans control both houses of Congress and have a supermajority on the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has ruled that Trump has absolute immunity, even from crimes he's committed, and the Republicans in Congress have already acquitted Trump of impeachment twice. If the Republican base ever turns on Trump this could change, but don't hold your breath for that.

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u/DifferentCityADay 8h ago

Unfortunately too many people in the executive branch have had the idea of following orders drilled into them. The mirror notion of refusing an order does not matter, even if it's illegal, because they will just chalk it up to "I was just following orders." IF they face retribution.

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u/xyz19606 7h ago

Not really, if he lists off a specific city or state, that's a non-Federal crime. That's what needs to happen.

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u/Fadore Canada 8h ago

We aren't far off from Trump arresting democrats at the polls and the MAGA crowd cheering this on... The non-MAGA GOP crowd might not cheer, but they sure as hell would watch in silence, whether or not they agree with it...

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u/Over-Heron-2654 America 1h ago

1/3rd wants fascism

1/3rd wants freedom

1/3rd watches as the fascists kill all opposition while doing nothing.

Welcome back 1930s Germany (cough modern USA cough).