Donald Trump famously balked at the prospect of immigrants coming to the United States from what he termed “shithole” countries, but based on the way we run our elections in the United States, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the shithole country is us.

As John and Adrienne discuss in this clip from The Damage Report, even with two weeks yet to go before Election Day, this election season has already been beset by an unprecedented series of mysterious and not-so-mysterious obstacles, including an “accidentally-cut” cable that short-circuited the state of Virginia’s entire online voter registration system on the last day of registration, online registration system crashes in Pennsylvania and Florida, unauthorized ballot drop boxes appearing in California care of the state GOP, and strict limits on the number of drop boxes in Texas counties ordered by GOP governor Greg Abbott.

Adrienne and John both find the “accidentally-cut cable” story suspicious, with John suggesting that the obvious response should be to extend the voter registration deadline. Adrienne points out, however, that Republicans’ objective is to suppress the vote by any means necessary, and until Democrats push back sufficiently - meaning by bringing criminal charges - nothing will change and the system will continue to spiral down into the, um, shithole.