Donald Trump’s 2016 #Wisconsin win was a shock to the Democratic Party — but then, the Democratic Party is always shocked. truthout.org/articles/voter…
#Wisconsin was supposed to be a safe state for Hillary Clinton. Democrats had crushed it seven elections in a row, helped by the massive vote from the famously progressive, activist University of Wisconsin student population. truthout.org/articles/voter…
But then, on Election Day 2016, a giant hunk of the student vote simply… vanished. And the Milwaukee Black vote also seemed to just… disappear.
And so, Trump took #Wisconsin by 22,000 votes out of 3 million cast. truthout.org/articles/voter…
If #Wisconsin’s voter vanishing operation isn’t rooted out, 2020 will be déjà vu all over again. If Trump swipes this swing state again, he’s as good as inaugurated. truthout.org/articles/voter…
Where did they go, the voters who mysteriously didn’t show up? I flew to #Wisconsin just before the #COVID19 lockdown to hunt down the students and voters of color who, mysteriously, did not show up…
Read an excerpt from #HowTrumpStole2020 on @truthout.
truthout.org/articles/voter…
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