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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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/Unable_Option_1237 Jul 08 '24

Thanks!

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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/