Summary: A man was caught on video removing and destroying Harris-Walz signs outside an early voting site in Raleigh. The man claimed he was expressing his political beliefs, but removing or stealing political signs is considered theft and is a misdemeanor. Early voting continues through Saturday, with Election Day on Tuesday, November 5th.

129 points

Damn it, if only he had gotten away with it, no one would have known she was running for president!

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82 points

i was going to vote harris, but i didn’t see any signs with her name on it, so i guess rapistconmanshitstaintraitor’s got my vote

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30 points

I like candidates with signs that don’t get stolen!

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30 points

I like the ones that DO get stolen, because it’s an indication that they are that in-demand!

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3 points

Not about memory, about voter intimidation.

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77 points

Tuesday is going to be fucking ugly. Wednesday is going to be worse.

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44 points

I don’t care if Tuesday’s fucking ugly

and Wednesday’s worse

Thursday, Friday, no remorse

Monday we’ll all fall apart

Tuesday, Wednesday, realize we all smell like farts

Oh, Thursday doesn’t even start…

It’s Friday, I’m in love still fucking glad I voted

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I don’t care if Monday’s filing cases without evidence to clog the courts

Tuesday’s prematurely declaring victory and Wednesday accusing fraud because vote count went overnight due to unsupported and disproven gop challenges of voting machines

Thursday, trucks with ski masked people pulling up to the Capitol with assault rifles

It’s Friday, I’m in a camp for suspected Marxist socialist antifahs!

Monday, barricades at politician’s homes can fall apart

Tuesday, Wednesday, break my elderly neighbor’s hip when cops break the door down at the wrong home and tackle her for being a suspected “illegal”

Oh, Thursday doesn’t even start because musk/trump dept of efficiency has outlawed clocks and calendars so there can be no more legal labor challenges of unpaid overtime, no weekends and no holiday pay

It’s Friday, I’m in only the second week of trump’s second, never-ending term as America’s dictator clumsily toppling 250+ years of democracy


You know you can do the right thing here. Go register, go vote. It’s fast, simple and painless. You know we have to tell ourselves the above could never happen here to feel safe, but you also know it’s closer to reality then ever before and you can do something, right now.

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28 points

Wait until all the bullshit ramps up by Saturday. I totally imagine escalating bullshit for several weeks if not more.

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22 points

Nov 6 - Jan 21 is going to be tense. But, if Harris wins it’ll be worth it.

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-8 points

Nothing will make this bullshit worth it. Not even a good president, and all Harris has going for her is that she’s not trump.

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“all Harris has going for her is that she’s not trump” is a whole fucking lot right now, bud.

Another woman, a girl actually, who never saw her 20th birthday, was just murdered by Texas politicians and voters for having a miscarriage.

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19 points

I really think people are going to die.

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15 points

And that’s why I vote by mail.

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62 points

The man claimed he was expressing his political beliefs

You do that by voting. Dumbass. At least he didn’t attack volunteers inside like what’s happened in other places. I can’t understand people sometimes.

“I didn’t mean to cause such a stink, but my understanding is that when signs are placed in public places, like on the road or on government land, it’s essentially litter and you’re allowed to pick them up if you want to,” the man said.

Ignorance isn’t an excuse, and that excuse might be more believable if it was off on a road corner at a light or something. A sign in the ground at a voting area…could be litter? Really? Definitely a dumbass.

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37 points

Was he pulling out the Trump and local Republican signs too? No? Then he knew, he just didn’t want to get in trouble for what he did. Fucking cowards don’t have the conviction to actually stand up for their beliefs.

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7 points

No, you see, BIG STRONG PATRIOTIC MEN wear diapers and whine like it’s way past naptime when they’re told “no.”

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4 points

Their excuses are always just so cute. I’ve met 6yo’s that are better bullshitters. By this reasoning, STOP signs are litter and should be removed. Could make the same argument about billboards, which i would actually agree with.

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27 points

Bad faith arguments? Feigning benign ignorance? Lip service to accountability until he has to pay? He must be a trumpy voter

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25 points

In my country we have designated billboards where candidates get to put up their posters ahead of elections. Usually along roads, by malls, promenades, etc.

Messing with those is election interference. Believe it or not, straight to jail!

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5 points

Doesn’t stop some people though

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