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We can't let them win': activists warn against Trump's voter intimidation tactics
President is aiming to win election not at ballot box but with voter intimidation tactics, activists warn
An increasingly desperate Donald Trump is aiming to win re-election not at the ballot box but through voter intimidation, courts and counting rooms, US activists have warned.
Trailing rival Joe Biden in every opinion poll, there are fears that Trump, who has now in hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus, is betting on tens of thousands of volunteer “poll watchers” – potentially including far-right militias and vigilantes – as well as loyal Republican politicians in battleground states to save his presidency.
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“He’s willing to do anything he can to fundamentally undermine democracy, any sense of integrity, any sense of decency, any sense of anything that any normal human being would think is acceptable in a real country,” said LaTosha Brown, a civil rights activist and co-founder of Black Voters Matter.
The threat prompted 12 Democratic state governors this week to issue an unprecedented joint statement defending American democracy and pledging that every valid ballot will be counted.
During Tuesday night’s first presidential debate, Trump told supporters to “go into the polls and watch very carefully”. He recycled false claims of widespread electoral fraud and added: “I am urging my people – I hope it’s going to be a fair election – if it’s a fair election I am 100% on board. But if I see tens of thousands of ballots being manipulated I can’t go along with it.”
President is aiming to win election not at ballot box but with voter intimidation tactics, activists warn
An increasingly desperate Donald Trump is aiming to win re-election not at the ballot box but through voter intimidation, courts and counting rooms, US activists have warned.
Trailing rival Joe Biden in every opinion poll, there are fears that Trump, who has now in hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus, is betting on tens of thousands of volunteer “poll watchers” – potentially including far-right militias and vigilantes – as well as loyal Republican politicians in battleground states to save his presidency.
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“He’s willing to do anything he can to fundamentally undermine democracy, any sense of integrity, any sense of decency, any sense of anything that any normal human being would think is acceptable in a real country,” said LaTosha Brown, a civil rights activist and co-founder of Black Voters Matter.
The threat prompted 12 Democratic state governors this week to issue an unprecedented joint statement defending American democracy and pledging that every valid ballot will be counted.
During Tuesday night’s first presidential debate, Trump told supporters to “go into the polls and watch very carefully”. He recycled false claims of widespread electoral fraud and added: “I am urging my people – I hope it’s going to be a fair election – if it’s a fair election I am 100% on board. But if I see tens of thousands of ballots being manipulated I can’t go along with it.”
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