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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFar-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop 'Illegal Immigrant' Voters
https://www.wired.com/story/constitutional-sheriffs-election-deniers-immigrants-voting/*snip*
The claim that military-aged men are being systematically brought across the border into the US is a conspiracy that has been around for some time and is increasingly gaining traction in mainstream GOP circles.
And though they appear to have reached a new pitch, these claims about immigrants voting have been around for years. Trump has been promoting bogus claims about illegal immigrants voting since 2016, when he said the reason he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton was due, in part, to many immigrants voting fraudulently.Trump repeated the claim in 2020 to explain the reason he lost to Biden in key swing states like Arizonaa claim he referred to in his speech ahead of the January 6 riot.
Trump hasnt stopped: Bidens conduct on our border is by any definition a conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America, Trump said last month during a speech in North Carolina. Biden and his accomplices want to collapse the American system, nullify the will of the actual American voters, and establish a new base of power that gives them control for generations.
There is no evidence to back up any of these claims, however, and research from the Brennan Center for Justice and other organizations has shown that the number of noncitizens voting in US elections is statistically insignificant. In one study from the Brennan Center on the 2016 election, researchers found that non-citizens were suspected (not even confirmed) to have voted in just 0.0001 percent of the 23.5 million votes cast.
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Far-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop 'Illegal Immigrant' Voters (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Apr 18
OP
Sterling example of Trump's projection in re: nullify the will of actual American Voters. /nt
bucolic_frolic
Apr 18
#1
What they really want is a way to harass brown voters and reduce turnout at polling locations. n/t
FSogol
Apr 18
#2
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)1. Sterling example of Trump's projection in re: nullify the will of actual American Voters. /nt
FSogol
(45,514 posts)2. What they really want is a way to harass brown voters and reduce turnout at polling locations. n/t
B.See
(1,273 posts)5. EXACTLY. And that won't be all they'll do.
They'll literally form the core of Trump's GESTAPO. Mark my words.
Wonder Why
(3,231 posts)3. Just get Bubba and his friends. In a couple of weeks, they'll have shot each other accidentally.
spanone
(135,857 posts)4. NO.