Thousands of Trump Supporters Mobilized to Block Election Certification

Anyone harboring any thought that Trump and MAGA are going to quietly accept the election results and disappear into the night are misguided. They have been conducting simulated election board meetings to train how to disrupt them.

We can avoid this if the Dems regain control of the house.


"Thousands of supporters of former president Donald Trump have been trained how to pressure local election officials to refuse to certify the vote ahead of November's election, according to a new report from Lawfare."

"David Clements, a former law professor who gained notoriety promoting Trump's baseless claims about the 2020 election being stolen from him, has hosted training sessions across the county, billed as a "Gideon 300" tour—named for the biblical figure who defeated a vast army with just 300 men."

"This year, he has hosted events attended by thousands of people in at least 40 counties in more than a dozen states, including battlegrounds Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, according to Lawfare."

"His training events have involved simulations of county election board meetings, where Clements demonstrates tactics that can be used to confront local officials to get them to withhold certification. For example, by physically occupying the space, getting control of the microphone or by surrounding someone who is filibustering, to prevent their removal by law enforcement."

Thousands of Trump supporters mobilized to block election certification


Thankfully, two groups including the American Bar Association, have been readying themselves to prevent this affront to our democracy.

"Trump's forces plan to create enough uncertainty about the results in key swing states to avoid certification in certain counties that could lead to an entire state's results not being certified. This would be a building block toward Congress refusing to certify Electoral College results, which would throw the election into the House of Representatives where Trump would win (because the vote is based on state-by-state delegation majorities). This would be the playbook whether or not the Republicans maintain control of the House, although these efforts to undermine the election become more difficult if Democrats take back the House."

"Republican lawyers have filed nearly 90 lawsuits intended to lay the groundwork for post-Election Day challenges, according to Democracy Docket. Most of the cases have been filed in the swing states and many embrace theories about stolen elections or voter fraud that the courts have to date rejected. Some focus on allegations of immigrant non-citizens voting—another area devoid of any meaningful evidence. Election experts believe these pre-election efforts will fail but are intended to provide a basis for reopening or supplementing these challenges after Election Day."

"Putting false claims in the form of a lawsuit is a tactic designed to create legitimacy for the accusations. Last election, there was a total lack of evidence to support the stolen election claims. The Harris campaign has hundreds of lawyers ready to contest these claims this time. The assumption is Trump lawyers will be filling cases with great fanfare again, but without the requisite actual evidence to support their contentions."

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