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Donald Trump announced Sunday that Republicans plan to dispense a large “Election Integrity Army” to every single state for the 2026 midterms – invoking his debunked claims that the United States does not have fair elections. In a message on his Truth Social platform the president appeared to attribute his “Historic Election in 2024” to the fact that the Republican National Committee sent thousands of volunteers across the country to poll watch or assist with election litigation through a volunteer program. “During my Historic Election in 2024, when I won every single Swing State, and decisively won both the Electoral and Popular votes by wide margins, the Republicans had an Election Integrity Army in every single State to preserve the sanctity of each legal vote. We will be doing the same again in 2026, but it will be much bigger and stronger,” Trump wrote. Trump did not elaborate on who would be part of the “Election Integrity Army” or how large it would be.

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[–] Bunitonito@lemmy.world 156 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

So lemme get this straight: the guy who won the last election is claiming that the elections are rigged? I'm just trying to understand here

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

It's a sound bite that works. Get his public angry enough that they stop thinking rationally about how stupid the statement is and his supporters will cheer while voting rights are taken away.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 112 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It's how he knows they're rigged. If they weren't he wouldn't have won.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 54 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

He just assumes that both sides are rigged, and whoever rigs it best is the winner. That's why he was so pissed in 2020. He knows it was rigged, but so many voted against him that it invalidated whatever he did. He was more successful at rigging the 2024 election.

He's going to rig 2028, too. Don't be surprised if the smoke clears, and he gets more votes than the other candidates, so he has no choice but to honor the will of the people over the Constitution, and remain in office.

[–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 33 points 13 hours ago

2016 as well. He even opened multiple investigations into it during his first term and the results were conclusively that the only notable instances of interference were either from or on behalf of the Republican party.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

He shouldn't even be on the ballots in 2028!!!!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

If wishes were fishes, something something, like little bitches!

I forget how the saying goes. Point is, trump is a bitch.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

You still think there will be a 2028 election?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

We have NEVER cancelled an election in this country, not during WWII, not even during the Civil War. Cancelling an election is a BRIGHT RED LINE, that will not be crossed. If it is, it is INSTANT Civil War.

I will not recognize an unelected MAGA government.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 47 minutes ago

Who is gonna lead a civil war? You? I have trouble believing it will happen because so many lines have been crossed already that should have led to revolution and hasn't

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 hours ago

Sure there will. Russia, Myanmar, and Burundi still have elections, why wouldn't the U.S.?

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

I think Mother Nature may vote against him in 2028.

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Technically he can't run for a third term. He wouldn't be on the ballot

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

700 million people will write his name in.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

*700 million fake voters generated by AI will write his name in.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly!!! What time is it? this orange pedophile #dingleberry needs to go the fuck off

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Dingleberry?

You can do better than that. HERE, let me get you started. A to C.

A loaded adult diaper of belligerence

A Man for All Treasons

Adjudicated Serial Rapist (VOTED MOST ACCURATE)

Adolf Diddler

Agent Oratnge

Agolf Twitler

All in all, it's just a little prick with no Wall

He lives in: Alternative fact land

Ancient Orange

Assholini

Ayatollah Complainy (Thanks Stephen Colbert)

Baron Von Shitzinpantz

Benedict Donald

Blab the Inhaler

Borderline Junius

Borderwall Personality Disorder

Captain Bone Spurs

Captain Capslock

Chainsaw-In-Chief 

Chaos in Chief

Cheat Miser "Whatever I touch, starts to melt in my clutch." 

Cheddar Cheezus

Cheeto Brain

Cheeto Christ, Stupid Czar

Chettolini

Coffin dodger

Combover Caligula

Commander in Thief

Commander in Tweet

Condom Escapee

Conman-der in chief

Conquistaorange

Coppertone Caligulia

Coup Klux Tan

Current presidential placeholder

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Mods, can we sticky this? It's a lot of useful information! I think we could all find this list useful! Plus we can add to it as time goes on.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

D to M

Darth Cheetoh

Dementia Don

Der Gropenführer

Diaper Don

Dick a l'Orange

Diet Dr. Putin

Dingus Con

Dipshit Donnie

Disaster in Chief

Dodgin Donny

Dollar Tree Dictator

Don Feloni

Don Poorleone, The Fraudfather

Don the con

Donald “putinsremoved” Trump

Donica Lewinski

Donnie Dumpo

Donnie Thin Skin

Donorrhea of the mouth. A Republican ailment.

Dorito Mussolini

Dr. President McDonald J Christ

Droolius Geezer

Dumbo Donnie

Dunning-Kruger Overdrive

E Pluribus Dumbdumb

Epstein associate

Everlasting Jobstopper

F Elon

Felon47

Faux prez

Felon (DO NOT USE by order of inmate #P01135809)

Facsimile Fuehrer

Fanta Fascist

Fanta Fuhrer

Fart face von shit stick

Felon 47

Felonious Dump

Fibbernazi  Revenger

First lady Donald J. Musk

Forrest Trump? “Tariffs are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.”

Fraudfather

Grifty McGrifterson

Grifty McGriftface

GropenFührer

Gulf Of Idiot. Middle name of Of

Hair Farce One

Half off Adolf

He Who Must Not Be Named

Herr Combover

His Royal Heelspur

Historic Embarrassment

Hocus POTUS

Individual One

Inmate # P01135809 Thursday, August 24 2023 at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia.

Insulting and frankly appalling ( Sir Keir Rodney Starmer )

King Georange

King of Dumbfuckistan

Klanned Karenhood

Lil' Donny Two-Scoops

Lord Feltersnatch

Lord Repugnant of the Fourth Reich

MAGA Teresa

Maga-Lardo

Manchild McTinyhands

Manchurian Cantaloupe

Mango Moron

Mango Mussilini

Mango Unchained

Marmalade Maggot

Marmalade Messiah

Melon Felon

Moscow Marionette

Mrs Donald Putin

MyPillow guy low-budget stunt double

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 minutes ago

N to Z

Nectarine Nazi

Ol' Smeller

Old Wack Donald

Old white and needy

Orange Caligula

Orange Foolius

Orange Hitler

Orange Judas

Orange King George

Orange Tufted Shit Gibbon

Orange Von Fat Fuck

Orangesama bin G'olfin

Orangutan

Papaya Pinochet

Payless Putin

Pee Wee German (Thanks Stephen Miller)

Pedoführer

PeDonald

Pervert Hoover

President Quid Pro Quo

President Pudding Cup (thanks Jeff Tiedrich)

President Stumblefuck

Preznit Fuckwit

Pumpkin pol pot

Pumpkin Pustule

Pumpkin Spice Palpatine

Putin’s Puppet

Satan's Little Helper

Scammer in Chief

Sleepy Donzales

Super Callous Fragile Ego Extra Douchey Rapist

Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist NAZI POTUS

T-Bag

Tang the Conqueror

Tangerine Palpatine "Let the hate flow through you. Feel the power of the covfefe side of the farce!”

Tangerine Palpatine

Tangerine Skidmark

Tangerine Turd

Tangerine Tyrant

The Billionaire Saint of Perpetual Grevience

The Count of Mostly Crisco

The Fanta Menace

The Melon Felon

The Quicker, Thicker F***er Upper

The Slob Father

The Village People's Idiot

Theme song: I Shot the Tariff

Theme song: Tsar Spangled Banner

Toxic Revenger

Trumpaloompa

Trumplethinskin

Trumppopotamus

Trumpty Dumpty

Unfathomably ignorant

Unredeemable piece of shit

Velveeta Voldemort

X‘s Diaper

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 34 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Trump did not elaborate on who would be part of the “Election Integrity Army” or how large it would be.

It's a dog whistle to the "militia" people.

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

And a dog shit dog whistle at that. Everybody hates this guy. Who is going to volunteer to harass people at the polls?

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

Probably the same folks who are rushing to gerrymander the black vote out of existence in the South.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

You are understanding correctly.

Leading up to November 2024 elections, he said on multiple media outlets "We already have all the votes we need. The election has already been decided. It's the last election you'll ever need to vote in. Thats how good we rigged it."

Literally said it MULTIPLE times.

And now he's talking about it again, openly as being rigged.

He's saying the quiet part outloud, and nobody is outraged, because nobody is taking him at face value.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

just to rig them again; himself

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

always projection with these fools

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

He claimed 2016 was rigged too. He’s been preparing people since the beginning for this.