# Who rigged the election? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 5, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504 "2026-11-05T17:59:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/41 "2026-11-06T15:21:25Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I was a bit surprised we didn’t see the FBI, ICE, or any other organized effort to intimidate people at the polls. I’m not. It wasn’t going to happen because it would have been **incredibly** illegal; there is no wiggle room about it. If it had happened, we would already be talking about bipartisan agreements to have Trump impeached. In fact, they _did_ engage in election interference in a manner that worked on you. They didn’t need to actually go to the polls; they just had to make you think they might or could in order to scare people. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/42 "2026-11-06T15:29:34Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’m not. It wasn’t going to happen because it would have been **incredibly** illegal; there is no wiggle room about it. If it had happened, we would already be talking about bipartisan agreements to have Trump impeached. Eh, by the end of the day on January 6, 2021 I was convinced Trump was going to be impeached. It didn’t happen. I just don’t take it as a given that Republican politicans or the American people as a whole will necessarily care when Trump does something incredibly illegal. Or that anyone will respond to Trump’s actions quickly enough to prevent damage from being done. > [@Atamasama](#): > > In fact, they _did_ engage in election interference in a manner that worked on you. They didn’t need to actually go to the polls; they just had to make you think they might or could in order to scare people. Yeah, it looks like that’s what they were doing. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/43 "2026-11-06T15:38:35Z")
Maybe its a sign that the Trump hysteria was exaggerated, and that Trump/MAGA are not the American equivalent of the National Socialist Party circa 1933? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/44 "2026-11-06T15:39:41Z")
Jan. 6 was a real thing that happened. The Americans shot dead in Minnesota were real people. The human beings shipped off to countries where they had ever been before are real humans. There’s more. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/45 "2026-11-06T15:43:16Z")
Let me know when people wearing MAGA arm bands are carrying clubs and beating protesters on the street. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/46 "2026-11-06T15:43:54Z")
They are. They call themselves ICE. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/47 "2026-11-06T15:46:09Z")
That’s exactly the sort of hyperbole I’m objecting to. ICE is a federal agency enforcing the law. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/48 "2026-11-06T15:48:26Z")
Tell Alex Pretti and Renee Good that what I said is hyperbole. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/49 "2026-11-06T16:01:18Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > ICE is a federal agency enforcing the law. So were the Sturmabteilung in 1933, you know… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/50 "2026-11-06T16:24:25Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > In fact, they _did_ engage in election interference in a manner that worked on you. They didn’t need to actually go to the polls; they just had to make you think they might or could in order to scare people. Except it apparently backfired and made people MORE determined, c.f. those college kids who walked several miles to fill out their ballots. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/51 "2026-11-06T16:27:49Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Except it apparently backfired and made people MORE determined, c.f. those college kids who walked several miles to fill out their ballots. 100%. As I said elsewhere, sometimes when you try to intimidate people you just end up pissing them off. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/52 "2026-11-06T16:33:18Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > ICE is a federal agency enforcing the law. And the Nazis weren’t? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/53 "2026-11-06T17:30:54Z")
My wife and I are moderate. If a little left leaning. I’ve been shooting firearms since I was 11yo. My wife asked me to show her how to shoot. Took classes. Got our CCW permits. Though we don’t carry, we want to be able to. We now go to the range twice a month. It’s pretty much a standing breakfast date (it’s expensive). The GOP and MAGA are full of cowards. But I suppose I was a little intimidated by morons. Though, myself, I prefer to be prepared. I might start a target shooting thread, if anyone is interested. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/54 "2026-11-06T17:44:11Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > So were the Sturmabteilung in 1933, you know… Um, no the Brownshirts were the private army of the National Socialist party, not a state-sanctioned body. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/55 "2026-11-06T17:46:06Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I might start a target shooting thread, if anyone is interested. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/56 "2026-11-06T17:47:20Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Maybe its a sign that the Trump hysteria was exaggerated, and that Trump/MAGA are not the American equivalent of the National Socialist Party circa 1933? Thanks to making various public threats against fair elections for months, Trump/MAGA met determined resistance against outwardly rigging the election – almost all of it in the courtroom and through pre-emptive actions. Otherwise, I have no doubt that the Project 2025 crowd would have been happy to assume the National Socialist mantle 93 years on. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/57 "2026-11-06T18:12:45Z")
Finally! I was starting to be a bit disappointed by the lack of fraud accusations (aside from Alaska). > **[Lauren Boebert Cries Election Fraud as She Trails Behind Democrat](https://newrepublic.com/post/217684/lauren-boebert-election-fraud-trails-democrat)** > > Boebert is making a last-ditch resort to salvage her chances of winning. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/58 "2026-11-06T18:15:15Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Thanks to making various public threats against fair elections for months, Trump/MAGA met determined resistance against outwardly rigging the election – almost all of it in the courtroom and through pre-emptive actions. In other words, Trump and MAGA are the National Socialists circa 19 **2** 3, not 1933. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/59 "2026-11-06T18:45:58Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Um, no the Brownshirts were the private army of the National Socialist party, not a state-sanctioned body. They were briefly a state sanctioned body after the NSP came to power in 1933. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504/60 "2026-11-06T22:15:46Z")
I suppose Godwin’s Law has been officially repealed. 😒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-rigged-the-election/1034504.md?page=4)