Gramsci wrote: Wed Feb 04, 2026 10:29 am
So much bad faith in Trump’s explanation for threatening states right to run their own elections. It blows me away this kind of BS doesn’t just get shot down in flames by “normal” Republicans.
These are pragmatic people. The "election fraud" boogeyman thing has obviously been playing really well for them for at least 10 years. They would have moved on to something else if it wasn't a winner. In the meantime it allows them to chip away at these redistricting things and whatever other things to better their position. Also things like
this, which argues that the Maduro kidnapping was in large part to build their base in Florida. I wouldn't be surprised.
This political reality is reinforced by Florida’s large and politically mobilised Latino communities. Cuban American voters have long prioritised anti-communist foreign policy positions while Venezuelan American communities, many of whom settled in the state over the past decade, have expressed strong opposition to authoritarian leftist governance in Caracas. Political scientists note that these constituencies constitute a significant voting bloc in closely contested elections, giving political elites strong incentives to adopt hardline positions against leftist regimes that resonate with these voters.