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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

This doesn't make sense though. They could destroy thousands of ballots and it's not like either of those states are going to go to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes sabotaging elections via fire bomb in ballot box is not a rational action.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I read elsewhere that one of the locations is in a district with a competitive House race.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

But it could win them more local elections, and then we get fuckery like what’s happening in Florida and Texas all up in our business.

Local elections matter too, and often more, than national ones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Chaos makes a coup easier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Both states in these areas have toss-up Congressional races. They could decide control of the House.