50,000 strong "Election Day Operation Army for Trump" to monitor polls for non-voter-looking people

[wing2000]

Looks like both parties will have monitors. Should be interesting. "Democrats will deploy their own army of poll watchers, seeking both to maximize Democratic turnout and contest Republican practices they believe improperly challenge or deter voters. One allied group seeking to counter the Republican effort, Fair Fight, plans to have its own representatives in the same swing states Republicans have targeted." Freed by Court Ruling, Republicans Step Up Effort to Patrol Voting

Who is going to monitor....the monitors? I just might volunteer to be a poll worker (again)...it could be entertaining...

 

[essentialsaltes]

@realDonaldTrump
There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent.

For the first time, Twitter has labeled a tweet from President Donald Trump as misleading.

On Tuesday, the social media company highlighted two of Trump's tweets that falsely claimed mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud.

Twitter said the move was aimed at providing "context" around Trump's remarks. But Twitter's unprecedented move is likely to raise further questions about its willingness to consistently apply the label to other Trump tweets that have been deemed misleading by third parties, particularly as the president has lobbed baseless allegations against former Rep. Joe Scarborough regarding the death of a congressional staffer years ago.

 

[Desk trauma]

For the first time, Twitter has labeled a tweet from President Donald Trump as misleading.

On Tuesday, the social media company highlighted two of Trump's tweets that falsely claimed mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud.

Twitter said the move was aimed at providing "context" around Trump's remarks. But Twitter's unprecedented move is likely to raise further questions about its willingness to consistently apply the label to other Trump tweets that have been deemed misleading by third parties, particularly as the president has lobbed baseless allegations against former Rep. Joe Scarborough regarding the death of a congressional staffer years ago.

I'm curious to see how this unfolds.

 

[Occams Barber]

I wonder what a potentially non-eligible voter looks like, and how a bunch of MAGA nutcases are going to spot them?

Easy - they smell different.
OB

 

[Subduction Zone]

Easy peasy. They all look Mexican.

And poor. Real Americans never look poor.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Tweet from
5:17 AM · May 26, 2020

And now labeled by Twitter as potentially misleading. And Trump is rather irate.

Twitter fact-checking President Trump tweets

 

[Tom 1]

Republicans in New Mexico are recruiting poll watchers to challenge people they believe are not eligible to vote in the June 2 primary election and to stop other potential voting fraud the party alleges is a possibility.

The state is among 15 across the country targeted by Republicans, who aim to hire 50,000 people to challenge voters, claiming the country’s elections could be threatened by widespread voter fraud, the New York Times reported.

Democrats and New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver’s office say such claims are baseless and further undermine faith in the state’s elections process at a time when trust already has been eroded by reports of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

In an email to supporters, the Republican Party of New Mexico urged people to join the party’s efforts to maintain “the security and integrity of our elections.”

The so-called Election Day Operation Army for Trump aims to staff every polling place in New Mexico

It does highlight where Trump does have smarts though, when it comes to fighting dirty he does have actual skills, and in this instance his usually vastly over-inflated instincts do serve him well. The only way he can ensure re-election is doing whatever he can to limit the number of people who vote.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I wonder if they'll club together to buy them all nice black shirts?

Black shirts are nice but I think Brown is a more flattering color.

 

[KCfromNC]

The president today has tweeted that your vote is very likely fraudulent. We just won't count any of them, just to be sure.
@realDonaldTrump
There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent.

Maybe he's confusing the attempted GOP election fraud in NC with the voter fraud his little commission couldn't find evidence of?

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Maybe he's confusing the attempted GOP election fraud in NC with the voter fraud his little commission couldn't find evidence of?

His commission found plenty of fraud, but it was committed by the wrong side.

 

[cow451]

Black shirts are nice but I think Brown is a more flattering color.

Brown is the new Black

 

[TLK Valentine]

I'm curious to see how this unfolds.

Careful what you wish for: Trump is set to announce an executive order against social media companies - CNNPolitics

 

[Speedwell]

Brown is the new Black

The last time that choice had to be made here the shirts were silver--but that might be too swishy for the present crowd.

Silver Legion of America - Wikipedia

 

[wing2000]

Careful what you wish for: Trump is set to announce an executive order against social media companies - CNNPolitics

.....I hope he does continue to expose how little he cares for our country's values.

 

[TLK Valentine]

.....I hope he does continue to expose how little he cares for our country's values.

In time, "our country's values" will become his values... and anyone who says otherwise will be properly silenced.

Haven't you noticed it happening already? His followers talk like him, act like him, think like him...

 

[cow451]

In time, "our country's values" will become his values... and anyone who says otherwise will be properly silenced.

Haven't you noticed it happening already? His followers talk like him, act like him, think like him...

The President wants the members of his court to look the same, smell the same and taste the same.

 

[variant]

After they lost to Obama in 2012, the Republican Party commissioned Reince Priebus to do an autopsy on the party to improve their chances going forward. He wrote what was called the Growth and Opportunity Project (yes, G.O.P.). It said that due to demographic shifts the Hispanic vote is going to be necessary to the Republican Party in the future. They should be able to get them because a lot of them are socially conservative.

The scorched earth policy they are using now seems to have missed that memo.

 

[wing2000]

Haven't you noticed it happening already? His followers talk like him, act like him, think like him...

Yes, the Trump base is getting purer....and smaller every day.

 

[Speedwell]

Yes, the Trump base is getting purer....and smaller every day.

But better armed.

 

[TLK Valentine]

The scorched earth policy they are using now seems to have missed that memo.

Must've accidentally burned it.