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Pennsylvania Trumpers going door-to-door demanding voter info (Original Post) FelineOverlord Jul 2021 OP
I'd call the police in a heartbeat. If they refused to leave, they'd get a face full of pepperspray hlthe2b Jul 2021 #1
I think that would be appropriate. 2naSalit Jul 2021 #4
Sooner or later, somebody is going to use something stronger than pepper spray. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #5
Yes... Pennsylvania is apparently not a "castle doctrine" state, but their self-defense law is broad hlthe2b Jul 2021 #6
Well that's fucking illegal as hell. 2naSalit Jul 2021 #2
Isn't that illegal? RockRaven Jul 2021 #3
Yup. 2naSalit Jul 2021 #7
It's also a 4th Amendment violation as American citizens... brush Jul 2021 #16
I think the 4th Amendment applies only to government actors, not self-selected idiots. Shrike47 Jul 2021 #26
I include self-selected idiots acting on behalf of the republican party. brush Jul 2021 #27
It's not a violation of the 4th amendment anymore than asking you to wear a mask in a store is greenjar_01 Jul 2021 #29
Oh, please! Not even close to being the same thing. They're demanding private information... brush Jul 2021 #30
I think DOJ just warned them about this. Lock 'em up. Vinca Jul 2021 #8
Are These The Same People That Complained About Vaccine Door-To-Door?.....nt global1 Jul 2021 #9
My answer for them: Get the Frick off my porch,! Captain Zero Jul 2021 #10
Image'em wyn borkins Jul 2021 #11
Time to buy some bear mace. CentralMass Jul 2021 #12
And now we will find out what our DOJ is made of. CrispyQ Jul 2021 #13
They won't and don't abide by laws Deuxcents Jul 2021 #14
I would have unloaded on this anti American scumbag Johnny2X2X Jul 2021 #15
They should be greeted with an appropriate deterrent. dalton99a Jul 2021 #17
They might meet up with some how has a bad temper and lots of firearms DBoon Jul 2021 #18
"The Committee": dalton99a Jul 2021 #19
Wonder if they've knocked on Gov Wolf's door yet? Deminpenn Jul 2021 #35
They make a compelling argument for stand your ground and castle doctrine laws Takket Jul 2021 #20
Isn't that against My HIPPA...or something like that? Caliman73 Jul 2021 #21
I'd be giving them a quick lesson in the castle doctrine. NQCowboy68 Jul 2021 #22
I'm sure this will end well. zuul Jul 2021 #23
Pennsylvania Trumpers going door-to-door demanding voter info FelineOverlord Jul 2021 #24
You want to know who I voted for? rsdsharp Jul 2021 #25
Call the FBI than call 911. Voter intimidation. joetheman Jul 2021 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Jul 2021 #31
A friend of mine did. frogmarch Jul 2021 #32
this is illegal voter intimidation. These folks need to be arrested and prosecuted. ZonkerHarris Jul 2021 #33
That's just one county away from mine. Eko Jul 2021 #34
Now would be bluedevil4 Jul 2021 #36
Get Off My Property! Now! MineralMan Jul 2021 #37
No one sells Trump opposition like Trump supporters gulliver Jul 2021 #38
I have 2nd amendment rights, too. roamer65 Jul 2021 #39
Police? malaise Jul 2021 #40
I wonder how they would react to this? DFW Jul 2021 #41

hlthe2b

(113,950 posts)
1. I'd call the police in a heartbeat. If they refused to leave, they'd get a face full of pepperspray
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:12 PM
Jul 2021

followed by Bear Spray if they persisted despite my demands they leave. And, yeah, this is Colorado. I have a canister of bear spray with my hiking gear in the closet adjacent to the front door. Assholes beware.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
5. Sooner or later, somebody is going to use something stronger than pepper spray.
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:14 PM
Jul 2021

Something with a a high concentration of 2nd Amendment ingredients, if you get my drift.

hlthe2b

(113,950 posts)
6. Yes... Pennsylvania is apparently not a "castle doctrine" state, but their self-defense law is broad
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:15 PM
Jul 2021

on one's own property it would appear.

RockRaven

(19,365 posts)
3. Isn't that illegal?
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:13 PM
Jul 2021

Didn't the DOJ recently release some statement to that effect, perhaps in regards to the knuckleheads in AZ engaging in similar shenanigans?

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
16. It's also a 4th Amendment violation as American citizens...
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:42 PM
Jul 2021

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are guaranteed to be "secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects."

One can tell those bullies to get the fu_ck off the property asap.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
26. I think the 4th Amendment applies only to government actors, not self-selected idiots.
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 02:53 PM
Jul 2021
 

brush

(61,033 posts)
27. I include self-selected idiots acting on behalf of the republican party.
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 03:09 PM
Jul 2021

They still need to get the fu_ck off the property.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
29. It's not a violation of the 4th amendment anymore than asking you to wear a mask in a store is
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 04:24 PM
Jul 2021

Let's not be as silly as them.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
30. Oh, please! Not even close to being the same thing. They're demanding private information...
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 04:29 PM
Jul 2021

from people at their front door. Do you not see the difference from that and requiring someone to wear a mask in accordance with a private business' policy?

Talk about being silly.

wyn borkins

(1,372 posts)
11. Image'em
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:25 PM
Jul 2021

I suggest photographing them immediately (at their initial knock-at-the-door) AND then forwarding that image(s) to your local FBI office with a brief description of the entire incident. Also, don't be concerned about 'stealing their soul(s)' (with your camera), as they have no soul (!).

CrispyQ

(40,969 posts)
13. And now we will find out what our DOJ is made of.
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:32 PM
Jul 2021

One day after the DOJs stern warnings about exactly this type of activity, & they are doing this.

Deuxcents

(26,912 posts)
14. They won't and don't abide by laws
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:38 PM
Jul 2021

They are rabid cult followers. Voter information is personal information. We vote by mail or at the polls..privately. These people need arrested.

Johnny2X2X

(24,205 posts)
15. I would have unloaded on this anti American scumbag
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:39 PM
Jul 2021

Trumpsters canvasing came to my door in 2016 and I very rudely told them to get the hell off my property while calling the fascists.

If one came to do they'd hear much much worse from me, Trumpsters are anti American traitors, they hate our country.

dalton99a

(94,109 posts)
19. "The Committee":
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:45 PM
Jul 2021
Steve Snell, a Windsor Township Democrat who in 2018 launched an unsuccessful bid for the state's 94th House District, said he witnessed the committee's actions firsthand.

On Saturday, he said, two women claiming to be members of the committee knocked on his door and asked to speak with his 89-year-old mother-in-law.

"They did not ask who she voted for," Snell said. "If they had, I would have thrown them out. I regret that I was not more persistent in asking about the 'committee' that they said they represented."

https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/07/29/election-integrity-committee-york-county-accused-voter-intimidation/5399739001/

Deminpenn

(17,504 posts)
35. Wonder if they've knocked on Gov Wolf's door yet?
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 08:06 PM
Jul 2021

He lives in the family home in York and commutes to work daily.

Caliman73

(11,767 posts)
21. Isn't that against My HIPPA...or something like that?
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 01:48 PM
Jul 2021


Damn conservatives love to cry about their freedom and choice, but then will turn around in a second and violate other people's rights. Pathetic and predictable.

rsdsharp

(12,002 posts)
25. You want to know who I voted for?
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 02:44 PM
Jul 2021

I want to know

Your name
Your address
Your birthdate
Where you are employed
Your social security number
Your bank account number
All of your credit card numbers.

And I want proof of all of them so I know you’re not lying to me.

THEN I’ll tell you to get the fuck off my porch.

Response to FelineOverlord (Original post)

frogmarch

(12,251 posts)
32. A friend of mine did.
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 04:45 PM
Jul 2021

It was in Denver in the 60s. The first time a guy tried to break into her house, she called the police. They came, but the guy had run away. They told her that if he came back, to shoot him, drag the body inside, and then call them. She did.

MineralMan

(151,259 posts)
37. Get Off My Property! Now!
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 01:51 PM
Jul 2021

That's the only thing they'd hear from me. If they don't, I call 911.

gulliver

(13,985 posts)
38. No one sells Trump opposition like Trump supporters
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 02:10 PM
Jul 2021

Where's the buffalo headdress? These poor lost broken units fill everyone with pity.

DFW

(60,182 posts)
41. I wonder how they would react to this?
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 02:24 PM
Jul 2021

1. "Please leave now."
(they don't--the harassed citizen pulls out a pistol)
2. "Your are threatening my constitutional rights as a citizen of the United States. You are on my property without invitation or my consent. This is a loaded .38 revolver, which I will use to defend those rights against your threat starting in five seconds if you do not turn around and leave now. This incident has been filmed with sound since the moment you rang my doorbell."
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I don't own any such weapon, but then, nor do I live within 4000 miles of Pennsylvania, so there is no danger of that happening with me, but I think a few such instances, well-publicized, would dissuade a few of them. I know, I know, don't sink to their level. But if they refuse to stop, and local Law Enforcement refuses to stop them, there aren't many other alternatives, are there?

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