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2024 Election

Trump Rages on Social Media All Day, Even Trying a Little Voter Intimidation on Truth Social With Talk of Law Enforcement

He knows he's losing, so he's getting everyone ready to call it rigged.

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Trump’s been up since early, going to the Palm Beach County Convention Center in Florida for election day. But he’s been busy, too, and he’s still somehow found time to tweet over on Truth Social.

He started his online day with some pretty standard inspirational stuff for his MAGA faithful. He did bizarrely remark about “staying in line” pretty early in the afternoon, saying “Do not let them move you,” as though election officials in an area that is going to go for Trump by a massive amount were going to try and “move” Trump voters by lunchtime.

But for the most part, it was all hype videos and reminders of how incredible he’s doing.

In truth, of course, Trump has no idea how he’s doing, because no results are in yet. But he must be getting notes from somewhere, because he seems pretty nervous in his last few posts.

“A lot of talk about massive CHEATING in Philadelphia. Law Enforcement coming!!!” he posted around 11 AM his time. “Philadelphia and Detroit! Heavy Law Enforcement is there!!!” just a few moments later. You’ll note, obviously, that the two cities are Democratic strongholds. In fact, almost all urban centers in America, except for places like Oklahoma City or Fort Worth, lean heavily Democratic.

Going forward, I would expect to see a lot more from Trump implying that something nefarious is happening with the election. As he has done in the past, Trump likes to pretend like there’s a zero percent chance that he could lose this election if not for cheating by his opponents. That’s why I would pretty much expect him to simply declare victory tonight before the polls even close on the west coast.

We will almost assuredly not know the winner by tonight, however. If you recall, even in the last election, when Joe Biden won by 7,000,000 votes, it took Pennsylvania four extra days to finally call a winner.

Only the very most reliable of states will know their fates on election night, as usual. But Trump seems determined to undermine faith in this election already.

Whatever you do, make sure your vote is counted. In fact, listen to Donald Trump for once, and stay in line if you’re there waiting.

Andrew Simpson
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Andrew is a dark blue speck in deep red Central Washington, writing with the conviction of 18 years at the keyboard and too much politics to even stand. When not furiously stabbing the keys on breaking news stories, he writes poetry, prose, essays, haiku, lectures, stories for grief therapy, wedding ceremonies, detailed instructions on making doughnuts from canned biscuit dough (more sugar than cinnamon — duh), and equations to determine the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. A girlfriend, a dog, two cats, and two birds round out the equation, and in his spare time, Drewbear likes to imagine what it must be like to have spare time.

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