Keeping track of the Trump's and his supporter's efforts to cheat, spread lies, and stoke fears to delegitimize election.
THREAD
x-post from reddit compiled by u/--sherlock
Updated and expanded by QL
Example 1:
Recruited Pot party candidate to 'pull votes' from MN Democrat:
startribune.com/gop-recruited-…
Example 2:
Trump encouraged people to vote twice (from at least September)
nytimes.com/2020/09/02/us/…
Example 3:
Disinformation agents and MAGAs spread fake video claiming voter fraud in Detroit.
Example 4:
Disinformation agents and MAGAs retweeting fake pre-filled-out ballots.
Example 5:
Eric Trump shared a fake video showing about 80 "ballots" which became viral.
ktvz.com/money/2020/11/…
Example 6:
People who are not poll workers claiming that they through out ballots.
See this thread.
Example 7:
Fake AP account tweeting false election results.
reuters.com/article/usa-el…
Example 8
Lying that ballots have been "Magically found".
apnews.com/article/electi…
Example 9:
Claiming Republicans aren't watching the polls
Example 10
Giving press conferences full of lies
cnn.com/2020/11/05/pol…
Example 11:
Spreading lies that more people voted in Wisconsin than who were registered to vote.
Example 12:
Clark County (Nevada) registrar said his wife and mother fear for his safety
complex.com/life/2020/11/n…
Example 13:
Claiming elections officials improperly counted absentee ballots:
Example 14
Threatening to kill Biden voters. In this case it was an Alabama police captain.
abc3340.com/amp/news/local…
Example 15:
Donald Trump Jr calling for "total war".
boingboing.net/2020/11/05/tru…
Example 16:
WI Republicans caught encouraging voter fraud in PA.
theweek.com/speedreads/948…
Example 17:
Trump continuously tweeting misinformation.
independent.co.uk/life-style/gad…
Example 18:
Claiming people are sneaking ballots in extra ballots (Shows how quickly conspiracy theories spread)
tiktok.com/@gadischwartz/…
Example 19:
Trump asking for legal funds with finer print stipulating that 50% will go to debt retirement.
wsj.com/livecoverage/t…
Example 20:
Voter intimidation: House with ‘Dump Trump’ sign gets shot up in Ohio
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Example 21:
Counter intimidation: Armed protesters outside vote-counting centres
apnews.com/article/protes…
Example 22:
Stopping GA/MI/WI from counting mail-in votes early only to claim fraud later.
nytimes.com/2020/11/03/us/…
Example 23:
Causing vote counting centres to close due to unrest by Armed Trump supporters
Example 24:
Jared Kushner called Murdoch directly in an attempt to get Fox News to overturn the network calling Arizona for Biden.
businessinsider.com/kushner-murdoc…
Example 25:
USPS under DeJoy failing to deliver votes by mails to polls for counting.
Example 26:
GA Senators call for resignation of Secretary of State:
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Example 27:
Claiming that 14 000 dead people voted in Michigan:
usatoday.com/story/news/fac…
Example 28:
Tweeting fake photo of Al Gore as president
huffpost.com/entry/tim-murt…
Example 29:
Trying to punish GA voters
vox.com/2020/11/2/2154…
Example 30:
Mike Pompeo - Secretary of State - The representative to all foreign nations saying there will be a "smooth transition to a second Trump administration".
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Example 31:
Refusing to concede
salon.com/2020/11/10/mar…
Example 32:
Running a network of misinformation pages on Facebook
gizmodo.com/steve-bannon-c…
Example 33:
Postal worker admits to lying about ballot tampering
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
Example 34:
Stopping President-Elect from getting intelligence reports
nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
Example 35:
Misinformation channels claim Biden is no longer President-elect
cnn.com/2020/11/10/tec…
Example 36:
Making online threats to kill people
cnn.com/2020/11/10/us/…
Intermission - all above was posted by u/--Sherlock
I have given him gold. If you use reddit please drop him an upvote or gold.
Or I'd assume he/she'd be happy with a donation to @ossoff and @ReverendWarnock
reddit.com/r/politics/com…
I'll expand on further cases below
Example 37:
Running 3rd party candidates to try and syphon votes off of Biden.
nytimes.com/2020/08/04/us/…
Example 38:
Systematic voter suppression: Strict-voter identification requirements and targeted voter purges.
nytimes.com/2020/11/01/opi…
Example 39:
In Texas Republican Governor mandated a single ballot drop box per county - which was upheld by a Republican supreme court.
Leading to 1 drop box for 4.7 million people in Harris county.
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Example 40:
Make voting by mail harder - 6 GOP controlled states required a reason other than Covid-19 to vote by mail.
- Texas
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Tenenesee
- Indiana
- South Carolina
fox5ny.com/news/voting-by…
Example 41:
GOP attempted to recruit 50 000 poll watchers to intimidate and challenge the eligibility of democratic voters.
nytimes.com/2020/05/18/us/…
Example 42:
Mitch McConnell and Senate republicans blocked legislation to protect American' right to vote and prevent foreign interference. They also blocked legislation passed by the house to give 3.6 billion in election aid to states.
motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
Example 43:
Using the DOJ (Barr) to spread lies about voter fraud.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/barr-trum…
Example 44
Trump administration downplayed, dismissed and manipulated intelligence on Russian election interference.
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
Example 45:
Republicans killed #SAFEAct which would have required robust manual election audits.
Example 46:
Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates in Florida were plants funded by dark money to syphon votes off of Democratic voters.
local10.com/news/local/202…
Example 47:
‘Stop the Steal’ campaign has long ties to Roger Stone
mercurynews.com/2020/11/13/sto…
Example 48:
Ga. secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude legal ballots including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.)
washingtonpost.com/politics/brad-…
Example 49:
USPS under DeJoy disassembled mail sorting machines in a number of states including Oregon, Michigan, Oklahoma and Kansas.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/photo…
Example 50:
USPS under Dejoy removed at least 700 mail collection boxes with “no intention to” bring them back.
This thread has been updated here in PDF form for download and easier dissemination.
lifeofthequarantined.com/attacksondemoc…
Example 51:
The California Republican Party put 50 deceptively labeled “official” drop boxes for mail-in ballots in Los Angeles, Fresno, and Orange Counties
nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/…
Example 52:
The firing of Chris Krebs the director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency–The agency responsible for leading the effort to protect U.S elections.
edition.cnn.com/2020/11/17/pol…
Example 53:
Trump loyalist Emily Murphy who is the Administrator of the General Services Administration refusing to sign the transition papers for 20 days post-election.
abc.net.au/news/2020-11-2…
Example 54:
In a speech on Nov. 7 to the Bay County FL Rep Party, FL attorney Price announced he was “moving" Georgia to vote & encouraged others (he actually did vote - used his brother's address)
Moving to Georgia temporarily only to vote is a crime.
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