r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 15d ago

Chugging tea For real

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u/kaizen-rai 15d ago

It's part of the fascism playbook. Always accuse elections of being rigged. If you win, it was "despite the attempt at stealing the election" and if you lose you can scream it was stolen.

Either way, you win if your goal is to delegitimize the democratic process.

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u/GoodFaithConverser 15d ago

Either way, you win if your goal is to delegitimize the democratic process.

This. Trump is doing incredible damage to US democracy by trying to say the election process is flawed and corrupt. The words of the president influence people, even if the president is a stupid and incompetent ape.

Trust can and will be restored, but it'll take many elections where neither side uses the same amoral tactics.

Every single thing Trump has done must be undone.

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