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The Texas Republican apparently planned to create a fake "commission" to overturn the 2020 election.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"But if we hold terrible people accountable then terrible people might use that against not terrible people!"

-anyone who has the power to do something about this

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The terrible people are going to do that anyway. Wish they'd realize that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

They realize it. Some don't care and just want plausible deniability. Some are actual useful idiots.

In the end, the effect is the same.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The terrible people already did. It was the attempted coup.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There will be more