16 Sep
10:15am, 16 Sep 2024
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rf_fozzy
It's fairly straightforward I think (in my extremely basic understanding of US electoral law) - at this stage, his name would remain on the ballot If elected the vp would become the president and a new VP would have to be nominated and confirmed by the senate I would expect there to be significant noise around it all of course. |
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16 Sep
10:19am, 16 Sep 2024
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rf_fozzy
HappyG(rrr) wrote: "hopped up out of his canister" I don't know what this means, but I like it! We can criticise America's gun culture and violent political rhetoric but actually, haven't we had more politicians killed in UK than USA - David Amess and Jo Cox? Depends on how far you look back .... Two Kennedys spring to mind for example. Gabby Giffords was shot not too long ago, as was Steve Scaliase. I'm sure there are other examples too. |
16 Sep
10:19am, 16 Sep 2024
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paulcook
America have had a lot more. Albeit only one in the same timescale as those two. en.wikipedia.org |
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16 Sep
10:22am, 16 Sep 2024
23,076 posts
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rf_fozzy
Harvey Milk and George Moscone were another two famous examples. And do you count Dr King as a politician? The UK has it's fair share of political violence, but modern examples are pretty rare. Which is why they have been so shocking |
16 Sep
10:36am, 16 Sep 2024
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Johnny Blaze
They did have Jan 6th as well... and the 1968 Democratic convention. It's not fanciful to suggest that this election will be worse, particularly if Trump loses. |
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16 Sep
10:39am, 16 Sep 2024
6,454 posts
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paulcook
For the 1968 Democratic convention, we had the Brighton Hotel bombing. 5 deaths, including deputy chief whip Anthony Berry.
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16 Sep
10:51am, 16 Sep 2024
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Johnny Blaze
Oh yes. Good point. On the other side of the pond - Timothy McVeigh. |
16 Sep
11:16am, 16 Sep 2024
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jda
Meanwhile Starmer asking Meloni for advice about dealing with immigrants gets not a peep of comment.
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16 Sep
11:28am, 16 Sep 2024
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Fields
I read about that yesterday and didn’t comment mainly as it’s the sort of thing I’d expect Starmer to do based on previous evidence
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16 Sep
1:30pm, 16 Sep 2024
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larkim
paulcook wrote: America have had a lot more. Albeit only one in the same timescale as those two. en.wikipedia.org Not to mention the man who was actually killed when Trump had his ear shot. |
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