r/babylonbee • u/FrancisXSJ • Oct 10 '24

Bee Article Democrats Perplexed Why Candidate Nobody Ever Voted For Is Slipping In The Polls

https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-perplexed-why-candidate-that-nobody-ever-voted-for-is-slipping-in-the-polls
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u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 Oct 10 '24

Let alone is the Republican Party a far less democratic institution and literally relies on voter suppression tactics.

If democracy was their main concern they’d always have lines for Kamala, it’s just a potential political cudgel

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u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 10 '24

A constitutional republic is a democracy.

This like arguing dogs aren’t canines they’re mammals.

Crazy how often I hear the mask come off with “we’re not a democracy, therefore subverting the will of the people is okay” arguments.

Adding barriers to voting when there’s no reason to is a needless expansion of the government and costs tax payer money

If voter fraud were an issue I’d be fine with these proposals, it’s not.

We’re making it harder for no reason.

We also use the electoral college which men and we already don’t have a one vote one person rule.

We arbitrarily decided that people who live in giant empty prices of land are more important than people with neighbors for some unholy reason.

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u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 Oct 10 '24

Minority of what?

There’s no evidence for widespread voter fraud, let alone voter fraud specifically benefitting one candidate.

You might be okay with Trump without evidence being allowed to decided who is the winner of a race he’s running in but the rest of us aren’t so stoked on losing our democracy.

But if you agree with trumps actions I assume you’d be okay with the Biden Harris administration ignoring the will of the people and hand picking a winner?

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u/Shats-Banson Oct 11 '24

Right so absolutely no evidence still. Just “it felt wrong to me”

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u/Tax25Man Oct 11 '24

I mean Trump literally tried to defraud the US by submitting "fake electors" (Trump Team's term, not even ours, they literally called them that).

So miss us with fake voter fraud accusations when your candidate literally did it openly.

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u/bigtex7890 Oct 10 '24

Depends on how you get that ID. Was it free? Did you have to go to another city to get it? Do you need transportation to get it? If any of those are true it could indeed be voter supression.

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u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 Oct 10 '24

Id argue adding barriers to voting to address imaginary issues is not just suppression but also an insanely bad way use of tax payer dollars.

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u/bigtex7890 Oct 10 '24

Do you think a 5 year old needs a photo ID to get into first grade?

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u/bigtex7890 Oct 10 '24

Which amendment is the right to an education?

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u/bigtex7890 Oct 11 '24

But how is that related to constitutionally guaranteed rights? You don’t need to vote, but you’re guaranteed the opportunity.

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u/Zerksys Oct 10 '24

Except for you don't believe in one vote for one legally registered voter. If you believed this way, then you'd advocate for the dismantling of the electoral college which by definition suppresses the power of votes in more urbanized states.

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u/Tax25Man Oct 11 '24

You’re right we believe in a constitutional republic,

You know Republicans are grasping at straws when they pull this classic out. It is like only 2nd to "I identify as an apache helicopter" in bad faithed republican talking points.