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napi21

(45,806 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:05 PM Aug 2020

Why are the Dems letting the Pubs get away with trying to rig the election? Slowing down the mail.

working with West to het on ballots to dilute Biden's votes, the Senate rying to get info to damage Biden, and more. If that were us, there wouldn't be one minute of every day that some Pub or Pub Group damning us for what we're trying to do! But other than MSNBC & here on DU I hear NOTHING!

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Why are the Dems letting the Pubs get away with trying to rig the election? Slowing down the mail. (Original Post) napi21 Aug 2020 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2020 #1
Not sure that 'the Dems' are letting DeJoy (kinda a perfect name if you think about it) off the hook mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #2
I was just going to point this out Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2020 #5
True, but I really hope they 'trust but verify' if you know what I'm saying ... mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #13
True Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2020 #14
Glad we agree ... also the n/t part goes in the header, not the message ;) nt mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #15
Slowing down the mail is just one of their ways of screwing up the vote! Make some noise DAMN IT! napi21 Aug 2020 #6
What's your solution? BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #3
I agree with you on the media, but I'm talking about the elected Dems in office NOW! Every time napi21 Aug 2020 #4
Are they? What are you doing besides questioning Democrats. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #7
The only thing I know of to do is writing to my Senators & Reps & I still have to write a Ltr to the napi21 Aug 2020 #9
its a federal crime to delay, interrupt, or disrupt the mail. persons doing so should be msongs Aug 2020 #8
That is why it is important to pass the Bev54 Aug 2020 #10
Yes we haave to get the PO funded BUT somehow we have to sdtop that JA DT put in charge of the PO. napi21 Aug 2020 #11
I don't disagree Bev54 Aug 2020 #12
So it's all the Democratic Party's fault, right? Tired of this Bullshit. GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #16
All I'm asking is that the Dems create the same kind of noise & disruption the Pubs do when they're napi21 Aug 2020 #17
Got it. Basically I get you are Pissed off. GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #18
You're right that I'm pissed but not at Pub rule or that there will always be Pubs. I believe napi21 Aug 2020 #19

Response to napi21 (Original post)

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Not sure that 'the Dems' are letting DeJoy (kinda a perfect name if you think about it) off the hook
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:16 PM
Aug 2020

See this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213868061

The M$M is a freaking joke though, as is pointed out above.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)
5. I was just going to point this out
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:27 PM
Aug 2020

I believe that they also have gotten him to ensure that election mail would not be slowed/hindered.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
13. True, but I really hope they 'trust but verify' if you know what I'm saying ...
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:21 PM
Aug 2020

Which is, of course ... never trust a Republican.

Esp. not one that IQ45 hired.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
4. I agree with you on the media, but I'm talking about the elected Dems in office NOW! Every time
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:23 PM
Aug 2020

they go on the floor to speak it should be prefaced by "My friends on the opther side of the aisle must stop rigging the election"! Every time one gets interviewed by the Press they should make sure they get at least one line about the Pubs rigging the election. Use at least one of the tactics they use...take every opportunity to repeat your same message. That's what they would do if WE were the ones causing trouble!

I'm sick and tired of the Dems taking the damn high road! Get down & dirty! It's the only way we have a chance of winning!

napi21

(45,806 posts)
9. The only thing I know of to do is writing to my Senators & Reps & I still have to write a Ltr to the
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:41 PM
Aug 2020

Editor of our paper. I'm in a wheelchair & I'm too damn old to go out on the streets, plus * live in Ga!!! My letters to my congress critters I'm positive are hit with the delete button by the time the staffer reads the first 5 words! I don't have any Dems representing ME. I haven't tried to email Pelosi or Schumer. Don't know if I can. Most congressmen ask for your address first && if you're not in their district or State, then TS!

msongs

(67,405 posts)
8. its a federal crime to delay, interrupt, or disrupt the mail. persons doing so should be
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:35 PM
Aug 2020

arrested, charged, and tried, whether the crimes are personal to an individual or institutional designed to affect the entire organization

Bev54

(10,052 posts)
10. That is why it is important to pass the
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:42 PM
Aug 2020

stimulus bill, there is funding for the post office and other funding for the election. They are making this as public as they can, which is all they can do right now. Once Biden wins they can start indicting those who were enabling the Russians and others.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
11. Yes we haave to get the PO funded BUT somehow we have to sdtop that JA DT put in charge of the PO.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:57 PM
Aug 2020

It's HIM that instituted the new rules that are slowing down the mail. I understand it was a plan to save money! If we fund the PO & the JA doesn't release it because he wants to keep slowing things down, the extra $$ won't matter!

Bev54

(10,052 posts)
12. I don't disagree
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 05:00 PM
Aug 2020

but if the PO is funded then he has no excuse to slow down the mail, if they have the funds to pay overtime and hire additional staff during the election ballot time.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
16. So it's all the Democratic Party's fault, right? Tired of this Bullshit.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 10:48 PM
Aug 2020

Kindly explain what actions they should be taking.

I’m guessing you got nothing they aren’t already doing.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
17. All I'm asking is that the Dems create the same kind of noise & disruption the Pubs do when they're
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 11:49 PM
Aug 2020

upset about something the Dems are doing. Hell, they create a fuss over shit that isn't even true! I don't know what the Dems should be doing, bu I wasn't elected to Congress, THEY WERE. Surely between all of them they can think of what to do to make the general public HATE the Pubs for trying to disrupt our elections! I guess that's it! I want almost all the people to be turned against the Pubs for their hateful & illegal (it's against the law to interfere with mail delivery) behavior!

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
18. Got it. Basically I get you are Pissed off.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 12:08 AM
Aug 2020

And if the American voters vote in a Republican Senate and President it must be the fault of the Democratic Party? Because that is what I get from your, well rant.

The power of the House of Representatives is pretty well defined. The president not so much.

The fact is lots of Americans do not agree with with us. Even if we get rid of voter suppression and blatant gerrymandering we will still not have and overwhelming majority. Especially in the Senate.

Stop blaming the Democratic Party for doing the impossible. Many Americans welcome right wing rule.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
19. You're right that I'm pissed but not at Pub rule or that there will always be Pubs. I believe
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 12:37 AM
Aug 2020

EVERYONE should be pissed off that a group, any group, is manipulating our elections. I don't want the Dems doing it, nobody should approve of that. It's not a partisan issue. That's what I want the Dems to fight against & loudly!

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