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  So fucked up how they got here. Republicans used to love mail in voting. Their base has a lot of old people that find it more convenient. For a long time the GOP relied on these voters.
  It wasn’t until Trump’s horrific response to Covid that it changed. And because trump tried to write covid off as not a big deal, anything related to acknowledging it’s reality was therefore an attack on him. So since mail in ballots would help with covid distancing, they became ‘Anti-Trump’ and should be stopped.
  Who knows how much better their votes would be if they didn’t demonize mail in voting. Even 2 years after the loss, they are still continually shooting themselves in the foot just to humor their biggest loser.
context: Republican lawmakers said during debate on the Ohio legislation that even if Trump’s claims aren’t true, the skepticism they have caused among conservatives about the accuracy of election results justifies imposing new limits.
  
  Skepticism that the GQP lawmakers THEMSELVES manufactured and amplified. >
  
  It was a perfectly acceptable solution when it served to get us in to power. 
  Now that same measure threatens to remove us, so we have to take it away before that happens. You get it. >
  
  Bro.... veterans and military are in every single one of those groups you mentioned.
  This military isn't made up of all straight white republicans. >
  
  And you can't forget the vets, and entire families who put those vets on pedestals. 
  And the wannabes who worship them. >
  
  The American fetishism of veterans and people in the military fucking astounds me. I’ve worked with a bunch of vets/reservists and my father is a veteran. They’re normal fucking people. Outside of being drafted and forced to go to war why should I give a shit what someone did for a living? We aren’t going to give medical professionals who went through years of hell over Covid a 10% discount everywhere all the time. I’d wager a majority of people who have been in the service over the last two decades haven’t actually seen combat. >
  
  We should absolutely give medical professionals a 10% discount. Also, teachers. >
  
  I’m not arguing that we shouldn’t, just that it won’t happen. You’ll never see a sizeable push outside of more left leaning circles as medical professionals and teachers are the new villains for the far right crazies. >
  
  The company I work for gives medical professionals and teachers a 15% discount, prompted entirely by COVID. >
  
  That’s great to hear and encouraging. I hope others start to pick that up as well nationally.