Yeah man, can you imagine if over the last century the US had interfered in the democratic processes of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Palestine, Panama, Russia, Syria, Venezuela,
I'm not gonna tell americans how to vote because it's your business, but as someone from a country that went through an actual right wing dictatorship my approach to voting was never "which candidate meets my standards for them to earn my precious vote", but rather "what's the worse that can happen and how do I keep it from happening"
#heh#did you guys know that the opposition party abstaining from one (1) election directly lead to the complete downfall of venezuelan democracy#because then the ruling party could consolidate power in all parts of the government with no real obstruction#and guess what#that's exactly what they did#it's almost like refusing to be a part of the system doesn't make it stop existing
For my fellow Americans: it’s very likely that Biden and Trump will be on the ballot again this year. We have three choices: vote Biden, vote Trump, or abstaining from voting/voting third party, which in reality is the same as voting Trump. Out of those options, the lesser evil is Biden. I don’t like him, I wish he wasn’t the democratic option, but he can be (and has been) pressured to make more progressive decisions when enough people speak up. We can push him further left, if only a little bit. Trump? Will absolutely strip us further of our rights, and will ABSOLUTELY bring untold pain and suffering to minority communities. He’s openly talked about wanting to do so.
Your vote matters.
I know this makes the anti-voting fandom big mad but this is only happening because Murphy was re-elected by a thin margin in November 2021, bucking a 40 year trend of Democratic governors losing re-election in NJ, because enough people voted for him
Remember, people who have a victim complex about voting:
Vote 👏🏼 in 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 2018 👏🏼 Midterm 👏🏼 Elections 👏🏼
SERIOUSLY
If you vote in Democrats, they’ll be able to block Trump’s policies
It’s not just that they’ll be able to block Drumpf’s policies for the (hopefully only) remaining two years: the entire House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2018. Whoever wins the House in 2018 will still control it in 2020, when we have our next census. This means we voting districts will get to be redrawn and if Republicans retain control of the House in 2020, they will make gerrymandering even worse than it is now, which already favors them.
But the odds are severely in favor of Republicans for 2018. The election is ridiculously lopsided: 23 Democrat seats and both (there are only 2) Independent seats (who Caucus with Dems) will be up for the taking compared to only 8 Republican seats. Not to mention midterm election turnout is always far less than POTUS elections and Republicans consistently turn out for midterms while non-Republicans fail to show up worse than they normally do.
All of the states in bold were awarded to Drumpf, 11 of which are currently held by Democrats. Republicans hold a 52 seat majority right now. If they can maintain the 8 seats they have to defend, they only need 8 Democrat and/or Independent seats to have a 60 seat supermajority and the power to pass basically anything they want under Trump for two years.
If you think it’s catastrophic now (and it is), imagine Drumpf and the Republicans with a 60 seat supermajority for two years plus a Republican House with the power to redistrict in 2020.
And that is why organizing now is critical. Getting people to run against every GOP House Member and tying every action by Trump to them. Make the 2018 elections ALL ABOUT TRUMP. This is also about taking back Governor’s Mansions.
It is NOT impossible, but it requires effort. 2018 elections efforts SHOULD ALREADY BE UNDERWAY!
@ all my american followers
Important note: States redistrict. Not Congress. So, while it’s important to keep Trump from making gains it’s also crazy important to work on state legislature races.
ALL OF THIS
THE CENSUS IS CRITICAL.
The gerrymandering in this country is HORRENDOUS. If the GOP is in control when that happens, I truly fear for the future of democracy.
Couldn’t help but notice that there was no date on these. The deadline to register with a party affiliation is September 1, 2018.
If the Democrats take the House and the Senate in November, they can impeach both Trump and Pence; and if both are convicted, the 25th Amendment declares the Speaker of the House shall be the President…who will be a Democrat. There is only one thing necessary to make all this happen: YOU MUST VOTE.
And people will see this and still be like ‘nah, could never happen here.’
It’s already fucking happening!
Here’s a direct link to Rin Chupeco’s thread:
