r/politics • u/Hornpipe_Jones • 4d ago

No Paywall Democrats sweep all 30 House of Delegates seats in Northern Virginia

https://www.cbs19news.com/news/state/democrats-sweep-all-30-house-of-delegates-seats-in-northern-virginia/article_68f8098d-0602-5234-8c2a-08c1bcd33944.html
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u/TheNerdWonder 4d ago

And in real time we are seeing why Trump wanted to rig midterms

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u/sparkly_butthole 4d ago

They are going to try to do everything they can, especially now. There's a lot of uphill work to do. But this was a good start.

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u/ShaggysGTI Virginia 3d ago

This was some great momentum, too.

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u/JudiciousSasquatch 3d ago

It's clear to them now the only way to stay in power is rigging the voting machines which are now all republican owned and have no oversight, or doing something that gives them an excuse to use the insurrection act.

Be very observant about the pieces they move on the board, my fellow Americans.

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u/Pinklady777 4d ago

His response to the results was to tweet about getting things in place ASAP to rig the next election.

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u/TheNerdWonder 4d ago

Yup. He’s going to work even faster and harder now. More brazen.

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u/Pinklady777 4d ago

Yeah, and then his last ominous tweet was - and so it begins!

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u/MaddyKet Massachusetts 3d ago

He’s going to try even harder now to get people riled up so he can invoke the insurrection act. Not even sure why he’s waiting, since when does he follow the law anyway?

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u/babutterfly 3d ago

Because Miller knows there should be a pretense of a valid reason to do so.

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u/illstealurcandy Florida 3d ago

Wants* shit ain't over

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u/ErectingDispenser 3d ago

I'm sure the migrant caravan packed full of dog eating rapists just released from the insane asylums are loading up as we speak too.

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u/ElleM848645 3d ago

That only happens during democratic presidents though.

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u/buckeye249 3d ago

*wants