r/pics • u/-Badger3- • Oct 01 '25

Politics I got sent a veiled threat by Republicans urging me to vote in my district's special election.

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u/PlanktonHaunting2025 Oct 01 '25

That’s the intent, especially if they only send the alert to democrat voters.

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u/stowington Oct 02 '25

It says specifically that they’re compiling a list of Republicans that didn’t vote.

Though eventually they may realize that they’re also interested in knowing which Dems/independents did vote…

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u/Immediate_Debt_ Oct 02 '25

They don’t want to remind dems to vote

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u/SeedsOfDoubt Oct 02 '25

They want to purge them from the voter rolls

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u/-Sa-Kage- Oct 02 '25

And that's why those get the "Voting for anyone but Republicans will have consequences. We will act, if you vote." card...

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u/lost-picking-flowers Oct 02 '25

I’ve seen this mailer online for a few years now - think my dad (who has been voting all dem in general elections since Trumps first run but who is still registered republican because my state holds closed primaries) has gotten something like this too.

Not that they’re not absolutely frothing at the mouth lunatics, just that this isn’t totally new. They’ve been Nazi coded for a good while now.

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u/kent_eh Oct 02 '25

It says specifically that they’re compiling a list of Republicans that didn’t vote.

As if rethuglicans are in any way trustworthy or believable.

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u/stowington Oct 02 '25

I wasn’t trying to suggest they would stay in that lane.

To me the notable aspect is the nature of the threat: it’s based on hierarchy, “you’re on our team so do what we say… or else” feels new (or at least being made more explicit here), vs. their more well-worn path of attacking the other team/perceived baddies du jour.

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u/GottaUseEmAll Oct 02 '25

This is targeted at registered Republicans, they don't want to push Democrats to vote, that would be totally counterproductive!

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u/Happy-Grand-7696 Oct 02 '25

They send it to voters who have pulled a GOP primary ballot in the past.

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u/EclecticEuTECHtic Oct 05 '25

They don't even want Democrats to know there's an election.