Won't Have To Have An Insurrection If You Let The Trumpists Count All The Votes

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.wonkette.com/donald-trump-endorses-wingnut-scheme-to-take-over-gop-and-elections

ProPublica reports that Donald Trump has given his official blessing to a plan for Trump supporters to take control of the Republican Party from the bottom up, by getting thousands and thousands of true believers to volunteer at the lowest levels of the party, and thereby shape the direction of both the GOP and, in many cases, elections themselves. Also, just to add a frisson of authoritarianism, the whole scheme was dreamed up by a guy who identifies strongly with the anti-government Oath Keepers militia. Fun stuff, huh?

Here's ProPublica's summary of how that would work:

The plan, known as the “precinct strategy,” has been repeatedly promoted on Steve Bannon’s popular podcast. As ProPublica detailed last year, it has already inspired thousands of people to fill positions at the lowest rung of the party ladder. Though these positions are low-profile and often vacant, they hold critical powers: They help elect higher-ranking party officers, influence which candidates appear on the ballot, turn out voters on Election Day and even staff the polling precincts where people vote and the election boards that certify the results.

The precinct strategy is the brainchild of one Dan Schultz, a lawyer and GOP local official in Arizona, who's been pushing his grand idea for years, including in a 2014 message on "an internal forum for the Oath Keepers militia group, according to hacked records obtained by ProPublica."

“Why don’t you all join me and the other Oath Keepers who are ‘inside’ the Party already,” Schultz wrote under a screen name. “If we conservatives were to do that, we’d OWN the Party.”

Then, presumably, he sang "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" and everyone cheered.

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[llashram]

1. Nazi 2.0

really are TRYING to continue their coup attempt. I just feel WE are stronger and smarter than they. We will push them back into the swamps from whence they came. I will continue my fight, especially with summer coming. Got a trump aficionado 3 houses down. He always shows up at our summer gatherings. This year, he's in deep doo-doo. We will isolate him. If the man comes out shooting at me as I plan to be his main antagonist? At 74 I don't care. As I have not cared for the last 4 years when I start asking questions of him and his love of fascists. I am sick of this piece of shit.