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| All your polling places are belong to me. |
President Trump would be able to dispatch Secret Service agents to polling places nationwide during a federal election, a vast expansion of executive authority, if a provision in a Homeland Security reauthorization bill remains intact.
The rider has prompted outrage from more than a dozen top elections officials around the country, including Secretary of State William F. Galvin of Massachusetts, a Democrat, who says he is worried that it could be used to intimidate voters and said there is “no basis” for providing Trump with this new authority.
“This is worthy of a Third World country,” said Galvin in an interview. “I’m not going to tolerate people showing up to our polling places. I would not want to have federal agents showing up in largely Hispanic areas.”
“The potential for mischief here is enormous,” Galvin added.
Holy shitballs!
Apparently this bill already cleared the House, but was excised by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and did not appear in the version of the bill they approved.
But we have to know that this is likely only the first attempt to get this through.
I take it back, Donald Trump does not simply admire Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump wants to BE Vladimir Putin.
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