An ex-professor spreads election lies across the U.S., one town at a time

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An ex-professor spreads election myths across the U.S., one town at a time
David Clements is traveling the country trying to convince local leaders to withhold certification of election results. If he succeeds, it could cause chaos.
11:20 AM · Sep 9, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/09/08/an-ex-professor-spreads-election-myths-across-us-one-town-time/

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NELIGH, Neb. — One recent still summer night in this tiny city on the Nebraska prairie, more than 60 people showed up at a senior citizens center to hear attorney David Clements warn of an epidemic of purported election fraud.

For two hours, Clements — who has the rumpled look of an academic, though he lost his business school professor’s job last fall for refusing to wear a mask in class — spoke of breached voting machines, voter roll manipulation and ballot stuffing that he falsely claims cost former president Donald Trump victory in 2020. The audience, which included a local minister, a bank teller and farmers in their overalls, gasped in horror or whispered “wow” with each new claim.

“We’ve never experienced a national coup,” he told the crowd, standing before red, white and blue signs strung up alongside a bingo board. “And that’s what we had.”

Clements, who has no formal training or background in election systems, spent months crisscrossing the back roads in his home state of New Mexico in a battered Buick, trying to convince local leaders not to certify election results. His words had an impact: In June, officials in three New Mexico counties where he made his case either delayed or voted against certification of this year’s primary results, even though there was no credible evidence of problems with the vote.

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Yes, I changed the headline from "myths" to "lies" because I'm not a weasel WaPo headline writer.

[Skittles]

1. ex-professor and current nutcase

yes INDEED

[Brainfodder]

2. What is the reasonable response to unrelenting repeated attempts at sewing chaos?

Is that the right question for right now?