Johnny Harris and Michelle Cottle at The NY Times have put together a 25 minute video that lays out in detail exactly how Republicans have a multi-layer strategy in place to rig the upcoming elections from ground level on up.
The link should allow passage through The NY Times paywall — share this far and wide. It makes clear in very simple terms just how Republicans are planning to destroy our ability to have free and fair elections with an army of people convinced there is wide scale voter fraud and it’s their job to stop it.
For the past two years, Americans have been overwhelmed by a deluge of headlines suggesting democracy in the United States is under threat: Voter suppression. A shortage of drop boxes. Election deniers seeking key state offices. It can be difficult to gauge what stories suggest a truly terrifying threat to democracy, and which are simply disheartening or even petty. The Opinion Video film above aims to unpack one of the most dire threats to democracy, which includes a sophisticated plot to control not only who can vote, but which votes get counted.
One thing is certain: The 2020 race was not stolen. But Mr. Trump and his Republican enablers have been working to rig future elections to their advantage. (Of course it’s the people shrieking most loudly about fraud that you really need to watch.) The former president has convinced his followers that the electoral system has been so corrupted that the only way to save America is for MAGA patriots to take over the system to ensure that the “right” candidates win going forward. His allies have been busy engineering such a legal takeover, and key pieces of the plan are already in place.
In this short film, we shine a light on those machinations, so that those who care about democracy can act to stop them.
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They have the troops in place to find all the ‘evidence’ they need to claim fraud, they have the lawyers ready to challenge votes, and they have candidates on the ballot who will control how elections are managed and certified.
Watch it and share it.
I was initially not able to see all of the video — the screen froze on one frame. (My internet connections can be problematic.) Still, just the narration and the captions were alarming enough all by themselves. I was able to see the video part of the presentation after reloading the page, and the complete presentation is convincing — and damned frightening.
The world is made by the people show up for the job. Republicans are lining up an army — will we be there to stop them?
ADDENDUM: If you find this video compelling, you can get much more background on how great the Republican threat is by watching Frontline’s two hour report on Lies, Politics, and Democracy at this write up. The YouTube video is embedded in the story.