Thursday, June 2, 2022

Leaked tapes show GOP plot to undermine democracy

The GOP's coordinated attack on democracy includes both installing MAGA extremists into key elections posts and blatantly racist voter suppression and intimidation.

Dear MoveOn member, 

Leaked tapes of Republican operatives provide an inside look at the GOP's attempt to take over the administration of elections so they can throw out tens of thousands of votes and ensure Republicans win, no matter the true outcome of the election.1

In one tape, a Republican staffer says he is building "an army" of Republicans who will be certified as official poll workers in critical battleground states.2 These partisan poll workers would be installed in Democratic-majority polling places, instructed on "how to challenge a voter," and have at their disposal a hotline so they could chat in real time with a Republican lawyer.3

Steve Bannon—who has previously bragged that MAGA is "taking over all the elections"—is using his podcast to recruit MAGA extremists to take on election leadership positions.4,5

Trump and his MAGA allies are currently working to sabotage future elections so they can have the final say over election results—even when they lose.

To fight back, MoveOn is doing something we've never done in our history: investing millions of dollars into a democracy defense campaign to defeat right-wing candidates who want to control our elections. 

Will you chip in $5 a month to help stop MAGA's plan to take over our elections and protect our democracy?

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The GOP's coordinated attack on democracy includes both installing MAGA extremists into key elections posts and blatantly racist voter suppression and intimidation.

In Arizona, one Republican elected official called on vigilantes to "camp out" at drop-off boxes during the upcoming election and stalk and confront voters they think appear suspicious.6

The threats to our democracy are critical and urgent.

But working together, we can stop the GOP and defend democracy.

Will you power our unprecedented effort to defeat MAGA candidates who want to overturn the will of the voters by starting a $5 monthly donation today?

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Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Casey, Heather, Chloe, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "'It's going to be an army': Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections," CNN, June 1, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163252?t=6&akid=324763%2E53570607%2EQCR4J2

2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4. "Meanwhile, Steve Bannon Is Reminding Everyone That the Right Is Very Much Trying to Destroy Democracy," Rolling Stone, November 12, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/162328?t=8&akid=324763%2E53570607%2EQCR4J2

5. "'It's going to be an army': Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections," CNN, June 1, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163252?t=10&akid=324763%2E53570607%2EQCR4J2

6. "Kelly Townsend encourages vigilantes to camp outside ballot drop-off boxes. Is that legal?" 12News, June 1, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163253?t=12&akid=324763%2E53570607%2EQCR4J2

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