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"Wreak havoc": Text messages suggest a top Wisconsin Republican tried to suppress Black vote
(Salon) Wisconsin GOP operative Carlton Huffman is blowing the whistle on what he claims was an effort to suppress Black votes ahead of the 2020 election. While unproven confessions from a disgraced figure accused of sexual assault may be viewed with suspicion, the text messages he revealed to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel implicate new Wisconsin GOP executive director Andrew Iverson in an apparent 2020 election plot to sabotage "Souls to the Polls," a Black-led voter turnout group.
"Can Mario [Herrera, head of Hispanic outreach for Trump Victory] help get some Trump supporters to participate in Souls to the Polls?" Iverson texted Huffman on Election Day. "'Can't wait to go vote for President Trump!' Wearing [sic] MAGA hat or something."
The then-Wisconsin state head of Trump Victory continued: "I'm excited about this. Wreak havoc." .....................(more)
https://www.salon.com/2024/04/25/wreak-havoc-text-messages-suggest-a-top-wisconsin-tried-to-suppress-black-vote/?in_brief=true
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