Inside the Republican legal blitz to sow election doubt: ‘The claims are garbage’
Inside the Republican legal blitz to sow election doubt: ‘The claims are garbage’
From 2023 until September 2024, the Republican National Committee and affiliates have filed or are involved in 72 cases – and what stands out is their subject matter
“The underlying claims in the suits are based on totally unreliable data, shoddy methodology, and basically the claims are garbage,” said Ben Berwick, a lawyer at the non-profit group Protect Democracy. “They are also, in this case, brought by election deniers, in an attempt to spread a false narrative to mislead the public and undermine confidence in elections.
...in an attempt to
mislead the public and undermine confidence in electionsmanufacture excuses for MAGA-controlled election boards to throw out Harris votes, the MAGA-controlled House to obstruct certification, and the MAGA-controlled SCOTUS to coronate Trump regardless of who would've legitimately won the EC vote.FTFY
This is not "just" disinformation for the purpose of voter suppression. This is laying the groundwork for the 2024 coup.
They like to try and dress it up a bit, but yeah…
No matter how garbage the claims are they will continue to do damage and get people hurt. I have a very hard time believing in any form of free speech where this kind of speech is protected.
Yeah, it really seems that there needs to be some sort of consequences for this. I saw someone referring to it as "lawfare" for the first time, and I think that's rather apt. This is attempting to disingenuously commit violence on the infrastructure of society.
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Like republicans themselves.
I'm so surprised