According to Greg Palast, Trump would’ve lost the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia if all legal voters were allowed and all legal ballots were counted.
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Summary
In a powerful interview on Politics Done Right, investigative journalist Greg Palast exposes the extensive and racially targeted voter suppression tactics that helped re-elect Donald Trump in 2024. Drawing from his film Vigilantes Inc: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitman, Palast lays out how millions of voters—especially Black, Brown, Indigenous, and young—were disenfranchised through purges, false challenges, and rejected ballots. He explains that had these votes been counted, Kamala Harris would have won the presidency. Palast’s findings are rooted in federal court data and collaborations with civil rights groups, highlighting a coordinated assault on democracy.
Key Bullet Points:
- Mass Voter Suppression: Over 3.5 million voters, primarily people of color and youth, were disenfranchised in 2024 through purges, rejected mail-in ballots, and provisional ballot disqualifications.
- Vigilante Challenges: Right-wing operatives, under groups like True the Vote, individually challenged hundreds of thousands of voters without evidence, reviving tactics used by the Ku Klux Klan.
- Racial Targeting: African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and young voters were disproportionately targeted, with Black mail-in ballots four times more likely to be rejected.
- Systemic Failures: Palast criticizes the Justice Department’s inaction and highlights bipartisan silence on these systemic abuses of voting rights.
- Call to Action: If possible, voters must check their registration, avoid mail-in ballots, and support grassroots voting rights organizations to protect democracy.
Greg Palast’s investigation is a blistering indictment of a system that claims to be democratic while actively silencing millions of its most vulnerable citizens. Through meticulous research and a fearless commitment to truth, Palast exposes how the GOP, with complicity and indifference from key institutions, weaponizes bureaucracy and racism to suppress the vote. For progressives, the message is clear: the right to vote is under siege, and without a relentless defense of it, every other progressive cause—from healthcare to climate justice—is imperiled.
The complete article is here on my Substack.
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