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C Moon

(12,208 posts)
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 02:33 AM Feb 2020

GOP (Putin) use of coronavirus scare to keep people away from the polls?

I haven't read anything about it, but I'm 100% certain that the GOP (and Putin) have hopes of using the coronavirus as a tool to scare voters away from polls in November.

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GOP (Putin) use of coronavirus scare to keep people away from the polls? (Original Post) C Moon Feb 2020 OP
But didn't trump tell us it would die in April radical noodle Feb 2020 #1
I also post on another forum with both Dems and repugs Mountain Mule Feb 2020 #2
Sure - The Dems Got China To Shut Down A Town.... global1 Feb 2020 #7
Joke's on the GOP ribrepin Feb 2020 #3
And your neighbor to the south. n.t. fleabiscuit Feb 2020 #5
On he contrary, they don't seem to be taking it seriouly at all. RandySF Feb 2020 #4
The elderly are at greater risk... dawg day Feb 2020 #6
Will trump use this duforsure Feb 2020 #8
IF coronavirus is an issue come Nov, our economy will be crashed and more people would vote beachbumbob Feb 2020 #9
Good point. C Moon Feb 2020 #10

Mountain Mule

(1,002 posts)
2. I also post on another forum with both Dems and repugs
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 02:39 AM
Feb 2020

All the little trumplings think the corona virus is a hoax perpetuated by we Democrats.

global1

(25,219 posts)
7. Sure - The Dems Got China To Shut Down A Town....
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 03:32 AM
Feb 2020

and got a cruise line to quarantine 3000 people on a ship just to pull this hoax on the Repugs. These are just two examples of how powerful the Dems are.

RandySF

(58,447 posts)
4. On he contrary, they don't seem to be taking it seriouly at all.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 02:41 AM
Feb 2020

I'm not worried at this point but Trump and the CDC are not giving me much confidence right now.

duforsure

(11,884 posts)
8. Will trump use this
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 05:55 AM
Feb 2020

To cancel the election when he realizes he can't win. Declare a national emergency, and bypass Congress? Then he can claim we don't need Congress , just him.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
9. IF coronavirus is an issue come Nov, our economy will be crashed and more people would vote
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 07:53 AM
Feb 2020

to get new administration. A crashing economy doesn't help the GOP on any level.

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