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Trump calls on supporters to 'guard the vote' in Democratic-run US cities (www.reuters.com)

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Speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, Trump said it was important to scrutinize the vote in the battleground states likely to determine the general election. He singled out the biggest cities in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

"So the most important part of what's coming up is to guard the vote. And you should go into Detroit and you should go into Philadelphia and you should go into some of these places, Atlanta," Trump said in Ankeny, a suburb of Des Moines.

Trump's comments foreshadow what is likely to be a contentious election in November 2024. Despite the failure of dozens of lawsuits filed by Trump and his allies challenging the outcome in 2020, Trump continues to claim, without evidence, that he lost to U.S. President Joe Biden due to fraud.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I think the fantasy is "I go to vote and some far-right extremist, intent on gunning me down for being trans, gets an argument against doing that promptly offered or constantly visible in opposition instead of simply killing me."

Cool idea, but if it actually worked then America would be the safest country in the world for minorities (and by a huge margin).

Seriously, am I supposed to want you watching me get murdered saying "at least no centrists got hurt" over IHadTwoCows keeping me from getting murdered or, hell, shooting the person who did it?

IHadTwoCows openly supports the gun laws that arm far-right extremists in the first place.

The Club Q shooter was a legal gun owner. He'd previously been arrested for making bomb threats. None of the people who stopped the shooting were armed.

The pulse nightclub shooter was a legal gun owner, despite losing jobs for joking about bringing a gun to class and in a different incident, threatening to shoot other classmates because his food may have touched pork.

What are you gonna do for your "expendable minority" other than just watch them die? Seems like you're the one happy to throw people's lives away for nothing.

I've physically defended a trans friend from violence and verbal abuse. I strongly oppose the current gun laws that routinely arm violent bigots, resulting in a homicide rate 400% higher than comparable countries. I've never voted Republican and never will.

IHadTwoCows arms neo-nazis and makes it extremely clear that you're nothing more than bait to him.