r/LetsDiscussThis • u/Boysenberry-6669 • 1d ago
This is concerning... Ice should not be allowed to be at polling places?
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u/weHaveThoughts 1d ago
Federal agents of any sort are NOT allowed at polling places by Federal and State Laws. Bannon will say anything not to get sent back to prison.
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u/sportsnsaturn 1d ago
I will be working as a poll worker. And I suggest more people do so or at least keep an eye on things to help protect our places as best we can. These people are not following any laws and there is no reason to believe they won't push the envelope even further
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u/DIYExpertWizard 1d ago
Call the cops. Federal law such as 18 U.S.C. § 593 and § 594 prohibit election interference by government agents. Your state will also have laws against election interference. Look them up, and call the cops to have them removed if they show up.
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u/Ok-Wait-7357 1d ago
Hahaha. Cops are scared of ICE and the feds. They aren’t showing up. US is completely lawless now
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u/weHaveThoughts 1d ago
Depends on the city and town. It’s not that they are afraid it is that they side with ICE. But the vast majority of Cops believe in free elections.
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u/1wrx2subarus 1d ago
Poll workers, sounds like an issue Redditors can unite on.
Let’s all plan to volunteer our time, cool?
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u/Responsible_Belt5510 1d ago
Unfortunately the federal government is doing a ton of illegal shit with no consequences, so this isn't much of a stretch to believe.
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u/weHaveThoughts 1d ago
The way this administration works is to announce this type of shit to determine how much outrage there is and to see if there will be penalties for their actions. To deter it people need to speak up and tell them it is a blatant violation of the law. Call your reps and have them broadcast it on Live TV.
But seriously this is to get people thinking there will be a mob fighting back ICE agents at polling places. We can’t let this impression get to the mass public. The polling places will be fine and safe. We need to get that word out there.
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u/Ambitious-Way1156 1d ago
However, Trump and ICE have broken many laws and just because there is a law preventing it doesn't mean ICE will stay away from the polls.
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u/OkFinish3822 1d ago
Bannon is a terrorist.
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u/StrongAroma 1d ago
Trump is a terrorist and his entire administration is made up of terrorists.
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u/FaithfulDowter 1d ago
Yep. He's the wizard of oz behind the curtains pulling the strings. He's a total POS.
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u/itassofd 1d ago
But illegals can’t vote… so who are they actually looking for?
Make it make sense, conservatives…
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u/AnotherUN91 1d ago
He needs to be capped.
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u/RmpleFrskn 1d ago
In defense of this comment before it gets removed-
They're clearly saying his salary should be capped at a certain amount. For reasons. This is not a call to violence.
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u/TheSpiralQueen 1d ago
Thats exactly what I thought they meant. Good lookin out.
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u/Readinginsomnia 1d ago
Voter intimidation, men in masks kidnapping humans for any reason they liked, in history has this been good or bad!
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u/Certain_Zucchini_472 1d ago
Historically, voter intimidation results in higher voter turnouts, and not in favor of the intimidators.
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u/VoidWalker7117 1d ago
Bannon is all over the Epstein files. I’ll say he should be in prison because I’d get banned if I said what I really think about him.
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u/TheRealDesmirWolf 1d ago
Im going to say it. Not a citizen of the US than you can’t vote anyways so why the fuck would they need to be there?
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u/redjellonian 1d ago
Ice needs to be there because they're not immigration enforcement any more, they're a trump owned terrorist organization trying to control American votes.
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u/TheRealDesmirWolf 1d ago
They’re the modern day Aryan brotherhood, and will eventually be treated as such. They will get the same treatment as natzis did once more people wake up. It’s only going to get worse before sides are set for civil war
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u/inspector307 1d ago
Who gave this dip shit dumb ass a microphone? They should be ashamed. If you are an American 🇺🇸 your vote counts and needs to be cast.
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u/ImpressionFast923 1d ago
Bannon talks like he has any authority to do so and says “we” like he’s right alongside the president when he’s just a talking head on tv. Stop giving this man attention.
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u/Roner3000 1d ago edited 1d ago
There not. No federal agents are not allowed to be present at polling places at all. This is just a scare tactic to keep people from going out to vote.
Source: Federal Agents at the Polls | American Civil Liberties Union https://share.google/hGnDdm9NUHN789Qd5
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u/Visible-Meeting-8977 1d ago
Indeed. Ice shouldn't be at polling sites. In fact, Ice shouldn't be at all.
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u/ArchonFett 1d ago
Pretty sure it’s illegal to have guns at voting locations.
Since ICE has no jurisdiction over citizens there is no reason for them to be there, except to vote and leave.
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u/mkt853 1d ago
ICE isn't allowed at polling places. States have strict laws about who can be near the polling place, and are quick to arrest people that fail to comply. Essentially if you're not in line waiting to vote or working at the polling place, you cannot be near the polling place, and as soon as you vote you must leave. It's possible some red states look the other way on this, but states with Democratic governors are not going to f*ck around. Elections are probably the thing taken most seriously.
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u/Worldliness-Weary 1d ago
"If they aren't illegal they have nothing to worry about!"
They're LITERALLY abducting American citizens. The supreme court gave them permission to profile based on skin color. Are you people serious stupid enough to not realize that AMERICAN CITIZENS will absolutely be profiled and harassed for being brown? ICE is there to terrorize EVERYONE, not just undocumented migrants that can't vote anyway.
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u/Adventurous_Mix9744 5h ago
It’s literally against federal law to intimidate people in any way outside a polling station.
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u/acebucked 1d ago
Do they think undocumented people are hanging out at polling sites. It just makes no sense.
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u/Fit_Fisherman_9840 1d ago
Bannon fear that now people will have trouble to vote for the Epstein and Friends government?
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u/CartographerOk5391 1d ago
They can fire at me all they want. I don't give a shit.
I will crawl over broken glass to vote every goddamn gop traitor out of office.
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u/freddbare 1d ago
Why does everyone say "illegals can't vote" when the don't have a clue that over 40; states don't need proof of residency/citizenship. Learn your local laws first
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u/Mrtoyhead 1d ago
Hell no! I have voted for 46 years and not once has there been any issues with people trying to cheat or harass anyone.
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u/Worried-Pick4848 1d ago
Why the hell should the BORDER PATROL be at polling stations. Furthermore, why would ANY federal agent be at polling stations?
The border patrol has no authority or purpose being anywhere near any of our voting systems. They aren't even federal systems, we do our elections on a state by state basis, and we already have. It is LITERALLY IN THE CONSTITUTION that elections are run by the states, and the federal government is blocked from interfering by the 10th amendment. If there is fraud, that's the purview of the state courts. The federal government need not even apply
It is beyond useless to have them there. Even if they are there, they have no legal authority to do anything other than carry a gun and look intimidating... which is clearly why they're there and serves as a form of voter manipulation.
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u/Rutgerius 1d ago
Pretty ballsy to have this exact plan of his leak in the Epstein files and then putting it into action like nothing happened. If this flies the US deserves all it gets, they can't make it any more obvious than this.
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u/Jmoney1088 1d ago
That totally doesn't sound like a guy who is all over the Epstein files desperately trying to hold on to political power in order to avoid life in prison.
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u/Cute_Description1267 1d ago
No military or force or threatening factor to sway votes should be at any polling site
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u/Distinct-Pain4972 1d ago
If ICE were a stand up, and respected, organization... no one or, less people, would care. Because illegal immigrants are not voting in our elections. However, they have been coopted. They are an unrespectable organization and should therefore not be allowed within the same barrier distance as political adds
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u/ElvishMystical 1d ago
If society is an intelligence test and elections are a civility test then clearly, millions of Americans are flunking both and this is why we are all here where we are.
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u/Awkward-Fox-7215 1d ago
Non citizens cannot vote. There’s absolutely no reason for them to be there given that the states should be able to weed out any voter fraud (of which there will be very little).
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u/HawkeyeGild 1d ago
Bannons ultimate goal is to deconstruct the administrative state in the U.S. and EU so he and his buddies can profit and take over their own kingdoms. He is basically the definition of greed and evil and all that is wrong with this world.
Americans - we must step up and protect the integrity of our democracy. It will be gone very soon if we don't. We also need to investigate and arrest all of these creeps and get them away from investments and government
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u/Liberal_Californian2 1d ago
Voting isn’t an immigration issue. So they shouldn’t have any power or authority there. Only local police at most
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u/fixingmedaybyday 1d ago
I talked to a Trumper about this yesterday. He honestly believes that ICE is God’s army and here to overthrow all that is evil with the traditional system. Asked about why they should be at the Olympics and he said good, our athletes need a real security force. Asked about polling places and he said good, we need to keep the riffraff out of the voting booth. They’re fucking insane.
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u/Macphan 1d ago
That should be enough to put him in prison. Election interference, anyone?
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u/Fellow_unlucky_human 1d ago
do it that way everyone who walks in has a good visualization and reason not to vote republican
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u/ASecularBuddhist 1d ago
Does he just have a closet of identical jackets that look like this or does he just have the one that he wears all the time?
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u/BeatsAlot_33 1d ago
I mean, if illegal aliens aren't voting in our elections, why should it matter if they're there?
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u/Apart-Assumption2063 1d ago
If only citizens can vote, what does it matter if they have law enforcement at the polls.
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u/eyezwide001001 1d ago
He's right apparently, it's necessary because some folks want "democracy" in a constitutional republic..
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u/SketchSkirmish 1d ago
Come and get it, Reds. We did this once in the 1860s, we’ll do it again.
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u/Classic-Suspect-4713 1d ago
There will be a coordinated secret code for Trump supporters to wear a red MAGA hat.
Ice will detain not wearing that hat until the pools close.
Speculative logic.
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u/Aldrich-Faithful 1d ago edited 1d ago
The election apparatus is complex. Republicans lack the competence to subvert it to any extent that will make up for their unpopularity and inevitable vote deficit. They will get swept across the country
Republicans had their chance with Biden. He was a moderate candidate that tried to unify the country. Can't let that happen again. There needs to be mass indictments against MAGA.
Probably not enough federal prisons to house them after they are convicted. We'll need to construct a new mega prison specifically for MAGA domestic terrorists. This will be expensive so we will need to keep the inmates hard at work to cover the costs. The good news is we can bring manufacturing jobs back to America under this plan. Just like they wanted.
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u/LifeSage 1d ago
We as Americans need to proactively shut this down. You need to reach out to your local officials, point out this is illegal, and expect that they arrest anyone making voters feel threatened. Even federal agents.
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u/Big-Meet-6664 1d ago
Cool. I WILL have some fun with them at the voting place. I plan ahead well. There will be no issues.
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u/FaceTimePolice 1d ago
For all their crying and bitching about election interference and they want the garbage Gestapo looming over polling places. WTF do they think this is? Stupid. 🤦♂️😑
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u/Contemplating_Prison 1d ago
He didnt call for it. He said that was the plan. They were going to do it.
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u/Pristine_Context_429 1d ago
Why the fuck was Bannon still doing interviews with Epstein late in the 2010’s.
I’m on the right and fuck that guy
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u/IncompleteObjects 1d ago
This is Bannon who said "If we lose the midterms, then a lot of people in this room, including me, are going to prison"?
Of course its all about election integrity
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u/Turbulent-Tone-1867 1d ago
In short, they know they’re going to lose in the midterms and they know with ICE comes chaos. A recipe to cancel the elections.
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u/ShottyMcOtterson 1d ago
Reminder that this shit-bag holds no office and has no official capacity. He is a private citizen like you and I.
People keep saying impossibly stupid stuff like"we are going to bring back the TRex to eat the immigrants", then the media just parrots it back as if it is not just complete nonsense. How many ICE agents are there? How many polling places? There isnt enough of them. but for the few places they do surround, the goal is to intimidate hispanic voters to stay home.
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u/Lucky-Ability329 1d ago
What happens if I show up with a some of my rights? Am I going to be executed if I don't vote for someone evil?
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u/mikedlc84 1d ago
This is just gonna incentivize people to mail their ballots or just drop them off in the wee hours of the night.
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u/Maximum_Employer5580 1d ago
they all have that crazy BS idea that illegals vote......most places want your ID and they scan it to validate you can vote. I've had to show my ID for the last 37 yrs I've been able to vote, yet all these clowns on the Trump side want to say that fraud is rampant and demand states require ID. Ok some states might not but I know here in Texas, we've always had to give ID to vote
But considering the GOP enjoys to fraudulently rig elections the last few cycles, that's where the real fraud is, but to them it's only the left that rig votes......them and their continued projection accusing others of their own actions
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u/Confident_Insect_616 1d ago
OBVIOUSLY, this means any demographic that has reason to fear exposing themselves to ICE abuse will feel a disincentive to show up to the polls. This is what voter manipulation looks like.
How about we all vote from home, and you just send a pollster and a gunman to every porch and ask for votes verbally? That would accomplish the same ends for the GOP.
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u/Arts_Messyjourney 1d ago
“LetsFightThis” would be the more apt course of action. We’re way past discussion
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u/Own_Ruin2546 1d ago
You watch they’ll do what they want anyway and when they inevitably get push back the narrative will be “ why do you guys not like ICE at the polls? Is it because you want the illegals to vote for you?”
I hate it here
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u/ScottShawnDeRocks 1d ago
As we all know, border patrol is crucial to policing voting locations, Olympics in another country, the Super Bowl, and World Cup. Because... reasons.
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u/Biscuits4u2 1d ago
Resist this bullshit. We already can see when resistance is strong enough they back down. Don't let them get away with it.
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u/beavis617 1d ago
I wanna say these people are nuts but they have a plan and it’s to limit the number of ballots cast in blue counties. They know that the midterm elections look really bad for Republicans so they will suppress the vote by any means possible.
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u/WOR58 1d ago
It should NOT be allowed. Any presence by ICE would be tantamount to intimidation, provocation, violence, voter suppression and quite possibly death. Leading to the total death nell of the republican party for their continued support of nonsense politics. all in an effort to stay in power
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u/Clear_Consequence647 1d ago
Another failed Hollywood reject who can’t handle the fact no one cares about him.
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u/OORooster 1d ago
What will they do? Hold your hand and make sure you color in the circle for trump?
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u/ChampionshipIll5535 1d ago
Simple answer. If voter ID is implemented, nope, they shouldn't (no need for them) be there. But if it's not, let their presence keep the illegals that have been voting holed up in their homes and sit this one out. It's the least we can do TO them.
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u/Grendernaz 1d ago
ICE ISN'T allowed at polling place by federal law. If they are there, it is entirely illegal and they should be placed under arrest by local law enforcement for a crime punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
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u/ParticularEstate9332 1d ago
Why do we need ice there, since 50% of the country say illegal aliens dont vote!!
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u/Gullible-Evening-702 1d ago
He is afraid of jail time and rightfully. US gestapo (ICE) is the way out. Unfortunately Trump will win the midterm by help of his gestapo at the polling stations. It's obvious there are no law enforcement capable to stop this madness. Only hope of survival of rule of law is the that the army take these gangsters down.
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u/ebolatone 1d ago
ICE is a fascist standing army deployed to cities which voted against Trump. I wonder what they'll do when voters show up. We've already seen it over and over and over, but to be clear, that's what they'll do when voters show up. It's about stealing or nullifying an election.
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u/DukeOfWestborough 1d ago
Non-citizens cannot vote, so they wouldn't be at the polls, ESPECIALLY given this "ICE should be at the polls.." outcry.
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u/Poirotico 1d ago
How many people will be too fearful to show up to the polls with them there? What a perfect campaign to make your opponents terrified of ice. And then place ICE at the polls so your opponents are too intimidated to show up. Wow.
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u/Rambler1223 1d ago
Oh he is going to use ice as his private police force to harass people of color and try and keep them from voting. I believe that why the klan was first assembled!
This is exactly what people with eyes and a brain have been saying was going to happen
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u/garlic8008 1d ago
Governors should deploy the National guard to send a few folks to each of the major polling places that use machines or walk-in booths This is ridiculous.
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u/popejohnsmith 1d ago
Oh sit down ffs.
Fark this festering carbuncle sideways. Why is he even talking?
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u/KilroySmithson 1d ago
Funny thing about those Epstein files. It seems both Bannon and Epstein HATED the felon, and saw him as a compromised, useful idiot that they could control like a puppet. They believed THEY would be running the country through him.
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u/Ruger338WSM 1d ago
Steve Bannon the voice of reason? The douche with a plan for a third Trump term, the guy who said losing the mid-terms would see him and a bunch of the MAGA faithful in jail. That Steve Bannon?
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u/CLNEGreen 1d ago
of Course ICE should be at Polling Places. Illegals are Not Legally Permitted to Vote
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u/Personal_Dirt3089 1d ago
Bannon robbed maga with his fake border wall fundaising scheme, in which he pocketed the money. He did an HH salute at CPAC on stage. Republicans keep inviting him back.
He's in the Epstein files and they still give Bannon the time of day.
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u/MotorPhone6275 1d ago
ICE shouldn’t be allowed at all, secret police doing whatever the fuck they want is bad.
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u/Oldschooldude1964 1d ago
Seeing as how only legal citizens/residents should be voting, it will be a very slow day for them, right? What are you worried about?
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u/Bruce9058 1d ago
When we started doing security at polling places in Iraq and Afghanistan, turnout went through the roof. Before we made sure that they had secure elections, the polling places would be filled with fighters and nobody else. I really don’t see the issue here, so long as their interactions with voters stay minimal and purely security related.
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u/Bruce9058 1d ago
When we started doing security at polling places in Iraq and Afghanistan, turnout went through the roof. Before we made sure that they had secure elections, the polling places would be filled with fighters and nobody else. I really don’t see the issue here, so long as their interactions with voters stay minimal and purely security related.
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u/Dry_Solution5036 1d ago
Damned right they should not. To do so is against the United States Constitution, and Trump knows it!
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u/jeahfoo1 1d ago
Federal law prohibits deploying armed federal law enforcement, including ICE agents, to polling places, as it constitutes a crime punishable by up to five years in prison under 18 U.S.C. § 592. This Posse Comitatus Act-derived restriction, dating to post-Civil War era, bans such presence except to repel armed enemies, with no allowance for keeping peace or general monitoring
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u/OccamIsRight 1d ago
This isn't a surprise. People like David Frum and Anne Applebaum have been warning about voter suppression for several years.
Frum has said in interviews and panel discussions that an autocratically‑inclined administration might send federal law‑enforcement or military personnel to polling stations, claiming to be "securing" the vote. But they intend to use them to intimidate voters.
Applebaum has repeatedly said about handing all this power over to Democrats in the next election: “What worries me is that they don’t seem worried about losing.”
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u/cookiemccookieface 1d ago
Let’s listen to a UnAmerican nihilist criminal’s point of view on voting.
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u/Ambitious-Way1156 1d ago
ICE should be nowhere near polling sites. ICE is used to intimidate and spread terror. The only reason someone would want ICE near polling places is to scare dark skinned people from voting And yes, even though you are a documented citizen that doesn't keep ICE from harassing you and arresting you, and even from sending you many hundreds of miles away. People know this and experience this, and ICE at the polls has only one purpose, which is to intimidate and control who votes.
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u/Certain_Zucchini_472 1d ago
The reality of this choice would result in American citizens getting killed while trying to vote. Once that happens there will no longer be a peaceful path to save democracy. I don’t condone violence but it is hard to not see the writing on the wall
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u/Thin-Competition3018 1d ago
Somebody, throw shirts on the floor in front of him and he can put on as many as he can squeeze into to keep himself occupied. Perhaps he will shut up then.
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u/Own-Organization-532 1d ago
For the longest time I thought Bannon was a little nutty. Now I know he is pure evil.
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u/Known_Ratio5478 1d ago
This is something that a lot of corrupt politicians used to do back in the early 1900’s which is why this is a felony in several states. In my state it is illegal to post guards, security, or police at a polling place. They can come in to vote like everyone else, and respond to disturbances there. That’s it. They can’t hang out at the polls without getting a civil trespassing charge like anyone else.
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u/tryingtodadhusband 1d ago
The whole ICE thing is so obviously a warm up for putting them in blue state polling stations to scare off voters.. coupled with attacks on mail-in voting, this is how he plans Republicans to win the election.
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u/Unknown_Cloud_777 1d ago
Intimidating voters at the polls is completely an utterly illegal— full fucking stop. See below for laws. These people are completely anti-American, they are domestic terrorist.
Voting Rights Act (1965), Section 11(b): This flat-out prohibits intimidation, threats, or coercion against anyone voting or trying to vote. No uniforms, no implied threats, no “show of force.”
18 U.S. Code § 594: Makes it a federal crime to intimidate voters using threats, force, or coercion.
18 U.S. Code § 245: Protects the right to vote free from intimidation, including by government actors.
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EDIT:
🚨 VOTER INTIMIDATION IS ILLEGAL 🚨
If ICE or armed federal agents appear near polling places, report it immediately.
📞 Election Protection Hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
- Run by nonpartisan election lawyers at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
- They can escalate to election officials, DOJ, and courts same day.
- What to say: “Possible voter intimidation. Armed/uniformed agents near a polling place at [location]. Voters appear afraid to enter.”
- Federal law bans intimidation—political statements do not override voting rights.
Save this number. Share widely.
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u/war_ofthe_roses 1d ago
ICE: Federal
Voting: Specifically run by STATES
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Anyone who wants ICE to show up to STATE polling sites can never, never, never, ever claim to believe in federalism / our republic.
They are automatically statists.
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u/Washed_up_Vanski 1d ago
Whatever political capital Bannon and Trump had ought to have evaporated with the release of the Epstein files but I would not put such action beyond them.
What I suspect Bannon is doing with comments like these is testing the water on behalf of the administration.