It was that speech where a female from CA I think told him “see you in court” around 22nd Feb, and this was regarding trans’ rights I believe.

I watched some of it live. He talked about lots of things and said he wants to ban all voting booths and have paper ballots and that (in his typical self) “there won’t be cheating, they have advanced technology, really advanced stuff. It’s called… “watermark”. It’s really great”.

Combined with the accusations that there were indeed cheating by paper ballots for some states, it’s kinda the smoking gun that would mean he perhaps shouldn’t be president?

Why is no one here talking about this? Why is no one outraged?

  • @towerful@programming.devEnglish
    0•23 days ago

    No, from the UK.
    I don’t understand how the US can want to have 100% paper ballots, but ban voting booths (which to me means, in person voting). This essentially leaves postal voting.
    And USPS has been repeatedly targeted by right wing politics.

    What kind of paper voting system is left without in-person, if USPS is compromised?

    President Donald Trump on Friday [21st Feb 2025, I think] said he may put the U.S. Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department in what would be an executive branch takeover of the agency, which has operated as an independent entity since 1970. https://apnews.com/article/trump-postal-service-usps-what-to-know-672db6c590837411ca3ba36966e374e1

    So paper votes only, no voting booths… Leave postal votes. And the government controls the postal service.
    What else is there?

    • @vonbaronhans@midwest.socialEnglish
      0•23 days ago

      I’ll be the first to admit I have no idea what my Chucklefuck in Chief means by trying to get rid of voting booths.

      But if I had to guess, I think he means literally the booths. As in, no privacy. Just paper on a desk where anyone can see what you’re doing.

      If it isn’t clear, this fucker has no idea what a free and fair election is SUPPOSED to look like. He just wants to make sure whatever system we end up with favors him and him alone. And for some reason, voting booths are catching his ire. Maybe he feels insecure not knowing if Melania actually voted for him.