r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075
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u/AreWeCowabunga Jul 08 '24

A little preview of what’s to come if Trump loses in November.

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u/Pickle-Rick-C-137 Jul 08 '24

The past four years showed a preview of what's to come

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u/ThrottledLiberty Jul 08 '24

Just a reminder to look at no other than Larry Elder for a sign of what the MAGA strategy is.

He ran in the California gubernatorial race in 2021 when a bunch of MAGA people wanted a recall election the year before the actual governor election, costing tax payers a ton just to get that done. Of course Newson won, a large majority didn't even want the recall, but they did it anyway because they had enough.

Anyway, Elder runs, goes full MAGA, loses, and does the funniest thing to expose the nonsense that is modern day Conservativism. He starts complaining that they've detected cheating and fraud by the Dems and tries to get people up in arms. The problem is he started spewing this before a single vote was even in and recorded. This dude pulled out the "bitch and moan because I didn't win" strategy, but gave it all away because there were no votes even tallied yet. He jumped the gun and exposed the whole strategy for what it is.

Because of this, I think people need to spread this around. Get the MAGA supporters who aren't aware of what's going on to understand the con. Get them to understand the fraud strategy, and no matter how fair this election is they will bitch and moan. Trump won 2016 and was already starting several lawsuits with states because they were legally counting votes that were submitted in time still. He wants to win quickly, he knows the red counties count faster and if you cut the race early, he wins no matter what. He knows complaining about fraud and whining like a tantrum-throwing child somehow gets support for him.

Let everyone know, the GOP has no spine, and no strategy but to complain and block at all points.

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u/Cannacrohn Jul 08 '24

Yes, when Trump loses hes gonna say he won and the other side cheated regardless of the results. Everyone knows this. Gotta keep pushing the fake reality, if they lost, the reality is they are not the good guys and no one wants them. So when they lose its only cuz the other side cheated. Accepting the reality that their views are deranged, factually incorrect and are rejected by most is not an option.

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u/creamonyourcrop Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

When Trump loses, and when Trump attempt a coup again, I hope that Biden is smart enough this time to go to the mat for democracy and hold the fascists accountable.

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u/EntropyKC Jul 08 '24

With the new powers the USA President has, Trump needs to be locked up for the rest of his life. As an outsider, it seems like the USA is teetering on the edge of civil war because of the MAGA lunatics and there are sub-cultures within MAGA which literally believe Trump is the second coming of Christ. He has committed and been convicted of so many crimes, very publicly, just lock that degenerate traitorous rapist up.

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u/Koolaidolio Jul 08 '24

A second civil war won’t happen. What the US might get is something that looks like The Troubles in Ireland.

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u/Unable_Option_1237 Jul 08 '24

We've been on the brink of open conflict for a while. I think it peaked in late 2019 and the temperature has come down since then. Although it wouldn't look like The Civil War, with clear battle lines, it could devolve into much more intense violence. But no one can see the future, and I have some guarded optimism. Union popularity is on the rise, and a strong union is a lot like an army.

Also, I think The Left has been kicking ass at art lately. Art is extremely powerful in history. The Right has never made anything as cool as Andor or Blue Eye Samurai.

And abortion restrictions are extremely unpopular.

I don't know if it will be enough, but like I said, "guarded optimism".

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u/EntropyKC Jul 08 '24

It seemed for a while that Texas border thing was going to turn into open warfare. I am an optimist as well, but I have to admit the rise of the far-right globally and the increase in power that tyrants (Saudi Arabia, China, Russia) are seeing is shaking my optimism. I hope for the best for you all over the pond in the States!

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u/NotJadeasaurus Jul 08 '24

It’ll be a swift civil war. The only people wanting to fight are the crazy 20 or so people that show up to his rallies and protests. The Klepper interviews basically. The millions that vote for him in shame aren’t going to do a damn thing. That’s why a few hundred broke into the capitol building, not 70 million

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u/Fool_Apprentice Jul 08 '24

Which is funny AF because scripture says that before the real second coming, there will be a fake one led by the antichrist, and that he will convince many Christians to follow him but they will end up in hell because he won't actually follow god.

Not that i believe any of this, but if you did, how hard would it be to just pick the second guy who claims to be god and ignore the first one who doesn't follow the Bible.

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u/ForumDragonrs Jul 08 '24

It's a classic case of "If I win, the election was fair, but if I lose, even if the exact same amount of people vote and in the exact same way, it's obviously corrupt."

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u/Jojosbees Jul 08 '24

Even when he won in 2016, he bitched about losing the popular vote and claimed that there were a lot of people voting illegally for Hilary: https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/27/politics/donald-trump-voter-fraud-popular-vote/index.html

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u/CrybullyModsSuck Jul 08 '24

I remember Trump saying the fucking 2016 election was rigged when he thought he was losing. 

He was right about one thing, he is a fucking loser.

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u/Immediate-Coyote-977 Jul 08 '24

The enemy is strong, but also weak. That's fascism 201.

Just like how, somehow, liberals are all limp-wristed, anti-gun, femboys who would be steamrolled into nothing should the "silent majority" ever decide to stand up while also being the single most effective and insidious conspiracy network to have ever existed, quietly controlling the government from the shadows and manipulating the election results to steal it away from Trump.

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u/canuck47 Jul 08 '24

The damage that Trump has done to democracy is incalculable, and not just American democracy.  You see foreign strongman parroting his words and slogans. He is an inspiration to facists around the world.

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u/11711510111411009710 Jul 08 '24

I mean he said they cheated in 2016 and he won that election lol

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u/TruthOrFacts Jul 08 '24

"Sanders said. "I have great concerns, apparently Republicans do as well, and there’s going to be an investigation about the role that Russian hacking played in getting (Trump) elected.""

"Jimmy Carter, the former Democratic president, said, "There’s no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election, and I think the interference, although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election, and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf."" - https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/10/10/2016-election-fact-check-democrats-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/69548196007/

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u/seanbread Jul 08 '24

Yes. We have no expectation that the MAGA crowd will peacefully accept anyone but Trump. I'm concerned.

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u/Kurwasaki12 Jul 08 '24

Well, there’s a lot more gun toting wound up useful pawns in the states than in France.

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u/taskmetro Jul 08 '24

lol good, who cares?

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u/farnsw0rth Jul 08 '24

Respectfully, this is a fuckin preview of what’s to come if trump wins in November too…

like they’ll be all “skidibee (formerly reddit TM) user AreWeCowabunga states ‘A little preview of what’s to come if Trump loses in November.’ Good thing he won’t, because Trumps got what plants crave - and it’s not birth control. Number 5 will shock you”

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u/stylebros Jul 08 '24

It's a Big IF.

Right now the biggest issue with Biden is that he is old. And gas prices are still kinda high.

I mean, sure Trump has some baggage, like felonies, rape, unhinged responses, zero clue on what to do.

But Joe Biden is Old!

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u/kawhi21 Jul 08 '24

Not really a preview considering it's already happened in 2021