In wake of Donald Trumpā€™s call for Republicans to ā€˜take overā€™ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ā€˜ultimate responseā€™

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/58550623

The Democratic senator Ruben Gallego has proposed that, should Donald Trump try to sabotage the midterm elections, Americans should respond with a general strike that would ā€œgrind the country to a haltā€.

Earlier this week the US president called for Republicans to ā€œtake overā€ and ā€œnationaliseā€ voting in at least 15 unspecified locations, repeating his false claims that elections are plagued by widespread fraud.

On Thursday Gallego, a senator for Arizona and an Iraq war veteran, warned that Trump could seek to interfere with the November midterms that will determine control of Congress ā€“ and urged citizens to fight fire with fire.

    • FE80@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9Ā·
      2 months ago

      Jesus they want to let him get away with it and then do too little too late.

      This has already happened. See Biden, Garland, et al.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3Ā·
        2 months ago

        Hell, Obama let the Bush crime family walk back in '09. Clinton turned a blind eye to Reagan/Bush. Carter refused to prosecute Nixon.

        Etc, etc.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
      6Ā·
      2 months ago

      I mean historically general strikes are in response to something because they require some amount of momentum and general public support.

      I think youā€™re right though theyā€™re not making the moves they should if they wanted to prevent this obvious fiasco. The #1 thing would be donā€™t pass a budget through the senate that includes ICE spending until every criminal in ICE is in jail.