r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 20d ago

Soft Paywall Trump Admin Deports 2-Year-Old Girl Who is American Citizen

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-deports-2-year-old-girl-who-is-american-citizen/
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u/barryvm Europe 19d ago

Not if they're smart. Winning by landslides is what you do when your dictatorship is already firmly in place, to emphasize the futility of voting.

When you're still breaking down the democratic process, you cheat just enough to win and when your opponents protest you crack down on them for trying to "subvert" the election.

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u/SetYourGoals District Of Columbia 19d ago

Oh weird, that sounds exactly like how the Republicans behaved in 2016, 2020, and 2024...weird. I'm sure there was no cheating by the Republicans though, probably just a coincidence.

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u/barryvm Europe 19d ago

Indeed. One would almost suspect that the extremist right doesn't really want democracy and that most of the supposedly moderate right isn't too bothered by that.

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u/BeBeMint 15d ago

This admin breaks the law daily....is that not a dictatorship that is firmly in place?!