• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I’ll be honest, even without Trump most Americans proved they were too stupid or stubborn to follow instructions, so he didn’t really need to do anything to slap the whole US with more infections.

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          8 months ago

          Unfortunately his strategy was much more cartoonishly evil. By making it so taking the pandemic seriously was a partisan issue, he could make it so people voting in person were disproportionately likely to be his base. Then set up some regulations to prevent states from counting mail in votes until in person voting is done to manufacture a narrative that they’re less legitimate and try to stop the count.