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Author: Steve203 🐝  😊 😞
Number: of 75960 
Subject: 2026 midterms
Date: 02/07/26 5:32 PM
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For those who missed it, in his NBC interview, Trump the God was asked if he would respect the results of the midterm election.

Trump Says He’ll Only Accept 2026 Midterms If He Deems Them “Honest”

Asked whether he’d respect the results of the elections that will be held later this year, Trump said he would only do so if he deemed the outcomes to be legitimate.

“I will [accept the midterm outcomes] if the elections are honest,” Trump said.

Trump also said that if the elections aren’t “honestly” conducted, “then something else has to happen.”

Trump’s comments come just days after he demanded that Republicans on Capitol Hill “nationalize” elections ahead of the 2026 midterms, ostensibly to prevent “fraud.”

“We have states that I won that show I didn’t win. I won in a landslide… I won everything. I won a thing called counties,” Trump falsely claimed in an interview on Monday.


https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-hell-only...

You can dismiss his comments as nothing but more Trump trolling, but, remember, he said the same things in 2020. He lost, and let loose a clown show like the country has never seen before. Who would be the final arbiter of the "honesty" of the 26 vote? Why, Trump the God, of course. He had an EO drafted in 2020, to have the Army seize voting machines. Don't assume he would not implement such an EO this time around.

Steve

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Author: jerryab   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: 2026 midterms
Date: 02/07/26 6:12 PM
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He had an EO drafted in 2020, to have the Army seize voting machines. Don't assume he would not implement such an EO this time around.

Illegal orders. Refused by the military.

Spankee can pound his head in the sand at Atlantic City. If they let him into the city OR anywhere near the beach. Too tempting for him to soil miles of beachfront property AGAIN.
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Author: Steve203 🐝  😊 😞
Number: of 75960 
Subject: Re: 2026 midterms
Date: 02/07/26 10:15 PM
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Illegal orders. Refused by the military.

No matter. The regime is probably confident that ICE and CBP storm troopers will obey, in spite of their oath to the Constitution. Their department heads are political hacks, not professionals, like flag rank military officers.

Apparently, the FBI did obtain a warrant to seize all the voting records in Fulton County, but I do not find any mention of a warrant being obtained to seize voting machines in Puerto Rico, last May.

According to the net sifter, the machines in Puerto Rico were handed over "voluntarily".

Based on reports in early 2026, a search warrant was not obtained for the seizure of voting machines in Puerto Rico.
According to a statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) overseen by Tulsi Gabbard, the electronic voting hardware and software were handed over voluntarily.

Key details regarding the incident include:

Voluntary Turnover: The U.S. Attorney in Puerto Rico, Homeland Security Investigation agents, and an FBI supervisory special agent facilitated the "voluntary turnover" of the equipment to the ODNI for analysis in May 2025.

The Investigation: The ODNI examined the machines for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, specifically targeting "extremely concerning" software flaws and the use of cellular technology, though they did not provide evidence of foreign interference.

Context: This action was part of a broader, controversial effort by the Trump administration to investigate unproven allegations of voter fraud.

While a search warrant was used in a separate incident in Fulton County, Georgia, in early 2026, the Puerto Rico seizure was described by the ODNI as a voluntary forensic examination


If you recall the interview with the Canton Township Clerk, regarding a loser's demand for access to Canton's voting equipment, a break in the chain of custody for that equipment is unacceptable. The Puerto Rico official probably violated his oath of office by handing over those machines, without even being presented with a warrant.

iirc, when asked if he would respect the result of the 2020 vote, Trump the God answered "I'll need to take a look at it". Since then, the regime *has* seized voting records and machines, sometimes, without a warrant. The probability of his obstructing the election, in areas where he does not like the result, is non-zero.

Steve



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Author: UpNorthJoe   😊 😞
Number: of 75960 
Subject: Re: 2026 midterms
Date: 02/08/26 10:11 AM
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"The probability of his obstructing the election, in areas where he does not like the result, is non-zero."

lol, the understatement of the year ( or decade, or century, or
millenium ). You have been calling for this bully brigade to grab power for quite sometime, I'm bothered that it is looking like
a prescient call. I read Albaby's calm and logical rebuttals, but
I'm not so sure that the rule of law is going to be the check or
roadblock that he thinks it will be. But hey, Congress could always
take a stand LoL, LoL, LoL /sarcasm

If anybody likes podcasts, here is a good one discussing Trump's
authoritarianism.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5699510/is-am...
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