Laura Barrón-López and Vaughn Hillyard reported that election officials around the country are actively war gaming what this administration might attempt in November, from federal agents seizing ballots and machines to immigration agents at polling places.
Five top officials across five states described ongoing conversations with local law enforcement, state attorneys general, and counsel about what to do if agents show up on election night. Nevada's Cisco Aguilar has already given counties instructions and phone numbers. Maine's Shenna Bellows says monitors are welcome to observe and not welcome to exercise power they do not have.
The quotes from Republican officials are the ones that land. One said they are not devious enough to anticipate what is coming. Another warned about what replaces the ballot when confidence in it collapses.
Hawk walks through 2020 footage from Phoenix, Detroit, and Philadelphia, plus the Fulton County ballot seizure and why the statute of limitations makes that warrant hard to explain.
His argument stays the same. Almost everything that led to January 6th happened after election day, and the officials who refused then are gone.
Midterm Nightmare Scenario
One Republican Says We're Not Devious Enough To Guess What's Coming
Oh I’m devious. They will try anything and everything - MAGA is not leaving quietly. We know that. Call me Cassandra.
I loved the double bird