Don't ya think, at the end of the day, Trumpism is about fear???
In Michigan, a woman who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and who has ties to the Proud Boys has been hired to work with poll workers. In Florida, three people who were at one time associated with a splinter chapter of the Proud Boys extremist group signed up to serve as poll workers. One of them was explicitly rejected, given that he is under federal indictment related to the Capitol riot. The other two men are members of the Miami-Dade County Republican Executive Committee. Axios reported last month that the groups were making a concerted effort to be present as people vote.
Again, the ostensible motive for such observation is voter fraud — something that is vanishingly rare. It’s clear that this isn’t the only motive, of course; if the Proud Boys or others manage to affect whether someone actually casts a vote, it’s unlikely that they’d subsequently experience many qualms. We often talk about allegations of voter fraud as a conduit for challenging elections that have already occurred. What we’re seeing in 2022 is that those allegations are being used to potentially shape elections on the front end.
Whether it's justified fear, from centuries old conspiracies, or whatever, isn't my point.
I think Trump should get credit for identifying a weakness and exploiting it, regardless of his motives for doing it, or even whether he had a whole lot of help from others.
Americans covering up their license plates when they go to the polls, looking over their shoulders, and worrying about whose watching them seems like a big deal whether you call it an accomplishment or a tragedy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/voting-drop-boxes-false-fraud-claims/
