LIVE: MAJOR EFFORT to BLOCK Trump Election Theft SURGES
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Summary
Takeaways
- ❖Steve Bannon publicly advocated for nationalizing elections, using the Insurrection Act to deploy the 82nd and 101st Airborne, and having ICE agents surround polling places to prevent 'illegal aliens' from voting.
- ❖Federal law (18 U.S. Code § 592) explicitly prohibits federal officers or armed men at polling places, except for defense against armed enemies, with violations punishable by fines and imprisonment.
- ❖The host and guest argue that claims of widespread 'illegal voting' are unsubstantiated, with evidence suggesting voter fraud cases are minimal and often linked to Republican attempts to vote multiple times.
- ❖In Missouri, a citizen referendum successfully gathered over 305,000 signatures to suspend a legislatively gerrymandered congressional map, forcing a public vote on the issue.
- ❖Opponents of the gerrymandering efforts faced 'lawfare' tactics, including misleading ballot language from the Secretary of State and attempts to run out the clock on legal challenges.
- ❖The host asserts that proposed legislation like the 'Save Act' is a deliberate attempt to suppress votes and manipulate election results, not to ensure fair elections.
Insights
1Advocacy for Armed Federal Presence at Polling Places
Steve Bannon publicly called for the deployment of ICE and military units (82nd and 101st Airborne) at polling places, citing the Insurrection Act, to ensure only registered citizens with IDs vote. He also suggested using ICE operations at airports as a 'test run' for the 2026 midterms.
You got to call up the 82nd and 101st airborne on the insurrection act. You got to get around every poll and make sure only people with IDs, people are actually registered to vote and people that are United States citizens vote in this election. () We can use this as a test run, as a test case to get to really perfect ISIS's involvement in the 2026 midterm election. ()
2Legality of Armed Federal Presence at Polls
Federal law (18 U.S. Code § 592) prohibits federal officers, military, or armed men from being stationed at polling places, except for necessary defense against armed enemies. Violations carry fines and up to five years in prison, aiming to ensure free and uninterrupted elections without intimidation.
It is against 18 US code saying you cannot have federal armed officers at the polls unless there's an armed threat to the election. Period. It's it's it's codified. () It's 18 USC 592. prohibits any federal officer, military or civil, for station or keeping troops or armed men at any polling place except for necessary defense against armed enemies. ()
3Missouri Citizen Referendum Against Gerrymandering
In Missouri, citizens utilized a referendum process to challenge a mid-decade gerrymandered redistricting map passed by the Republican-supermajority legislature. The 'People Not Politicians' organization gathered over 305,000 signatures, three times the required amount, to suspend the law and force a public vote on the map.
Richard Warren's people not politicians here in Missouri. You're the executive director, right? You're fighting the battle against the mid decade gerrymandered redistricting that the Missouri legislature passed in a special session about six months ago right now. () over the next, you know, 90 days, we gathered three times that, over 305,000 signatures ()
4Allegations of 'Lawfare' and Deceptive Tactics in Missouri
The Missouri Secretary of State and Attorney General allegedly engaged in 'lawfare' tactics to undermine the citizen referendum. This included writing misleading ballot summaries that misrepresented the gerrymandered map as beneficial and attempting to delay legal resolutions, hoping to invoke the 'Purcell doctrine' (too late to change before an election).
in this spring we've been in engaged in what I call just a series of lawfare, you know, where you've seen um the state attorney general and secretary of state um really abuse the power of those offices and and try to force this through against the established law in Missouri. () the secretary of state writes the ballot summary he wrote something that described the the previous map um you know as a Jerry very mandered map that protects politicians and that this thing would be the better map ()
Lessons
- Support organizations like 'People Not Politicians MO' (peoplenotpoliticiansmo.org) to combat gerrymandering and voter suppression efforts at the state level.
- Educate yourself and others on federal laws prohibiting armed personnel at polling places (e.g., 18 U.S. Code § 592) to counter misinformation about election security.
- Engage in local democratic processes, such as citizen referendums, to directly challenge legislative actions perceived as undermining fair elections.
Notable Moments
Steve Bannon's explicit call for ICE and military at polls.
This directly illustrates the extreme proposals being made to influence elections, which the host argues are illegal and designed for voter intimidation.
The successful collection of over 300,000 signatures in Missouri to challenge a gerrymandered map.
This demonstrates a concrete example of citizen power effectively pushing back against legislative attempts to manipulate electoral districts.
Discussion of federal laws (18 USC 592, 593, 594, 245) that criminalize voter intimidation and armed interference at polls.
This provides the legal framework that directly contradicts the proposals made by figures like Steve Bannon, highlighting the illegality of such actions.
Quotes
"You got to call up the 82nd and 101st airborne on the insurrection act. You got to get around every poll and make sure only people with IDs, people are actually registered to vote and people that are United States citizens vote in this election."
"It is against 18 US code saying you cannot have federal armed officers at the polls unless there's an armed threat to the election. Period. It's it's it's codified."
"people don't want this. But of course in this spring we've been in engaged in what I call just a series of lawfare, you know, where you've seen um the state attorney general and secretary of state um really abuse the power of those offices and and try to force this through against the established law in Missouri."
"It's 18 USC 592. prohibits any federal officer, military or civil, for station or keeping troops or armed men at any polling place except for necessary defense against armed enemies."
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