NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech.
"Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!"
Video and story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1834...
How is Joe supposed to protect me and my friends from Governor Robinson?
This is literally a state issue and expecting the federal government to protect people at the state level is going to get people killed.
Article IV, §4. He calls up the National Guard and tells them to arrest the governor and anyone aiding his murder spree. He voids the state constitution and orders the creation of anew one. If SCOTUS says anything, he responds, "Abe Lincoln, bitches."
This is fanfic.
You want to solve this you need to spend to spend money on a local level. You need to campaign on a local level. You need to man phones and knock on doors.
Wishcasting that Biden get involved is cheap and easy, defeating Robinson isn’t.
All of what you said is true. That would be the correct way to do it.
If Biden wins doing all that would be an uphill battle... If Trump wins doing that would be climbing the Everest with two dead bodies attached to you and a depleting oxygen tank.
If Biden wins and a Republican governor sends out death squads against gay people, Muslims, Jews or whoever else he deems demonic, there is zero chance that Biden doesn't send in National Guard to stop him. It's not even a close call.
We just moved away from NC for professional reasons, but I'm still trying to stay involved in phone banking and canvassing for Stein and some NC house candidates. We can't let Robinson and his GOP allies, like Michele Morrow, prevail.
I was a poll greeter for the Dems in southern Wake County and had voters tell me that the GOP poll greeters made them feel uncomfortable and unsafe (like afraid to vote if I wasn't there). The local poll judge wasn't helpful at all. I'm genuinely worried about what might happen.
Supporters of the parties or individual candidates can stand a few meters from the entrance to the polling site and hand out candidate literature and slate cards. It can be helpful, but I aw a few GOP voters try to intimidate voters and, in some cases, Democratic advocates.
I live in a deep blue city and vote by mail (everyone gets ballot in the mail) or in the garage of my neighbor around the block. I cannot imagine needing partisan poll watchers or guards or any of that. Sorry for you.
So tired of the “there’s no difference between the parties” bs. These guys have a genuine bloodlust and in power it’s just a matter of time before state sanctioned political violence breaks out
Trump is as extreme as Robinson, though. If Stein is more likely to win, why would North Carolina dislike Robinson but approve of Trump? That's kind of a strange level of ticket splitting.
Trump is white. There are white voters who will tolerate the extremism from Trump that they wouldn't from Robinson.
But then you have the balancing factor of some voters won't vote for Stein because of... reasons.
It is weird, but Cooper (D) has won 2x now while the state went R in presidential. The first time McCory was a pretty unpopular governor and it was extremely close. NC is slightly more R, but there are enough independents/moderate Rs that are willing to split ticket.
NC has a long history of ticket splitting. Dan Forrest was also a bad candidate, which helped Cooper win the second time. I expect to see a similar split this time, unfortunately.
