Trump Plans to Challenge the 2022 Elections -- Starting in Philadelphia

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-midterm-elections-challenge-oz-fetterman-philadelphia-1234616197/

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https://archive.ph/8i73D

IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, Donald Trump welcomed a handful of Republican allies to Manhattan’s Trump Tower with an urgent message: He saw a “scam” happening with midterm election voting in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, and he wanted conservatives to do something about it.

“During our briefing, he was concerned that 2020 is going to happen again in 2022,” says former senior Trump administration official Michael Caputo, referencing Trump’s debunked assertion that voter fraud in Philadelphia helped win Pennsylvania for Joe Biden. Caputo — who attended the meeting alongside Bradford County Commissioner Doug McLinko and retired CIA officer Sam Faddis — says they had a message back to the former president: “Our team encouraged him to be concerned … [Furthermore], I’m advising Republicans to recruit and train election observers and a team of attorneys to oversee historically problematic precincts.”

But it’s not just one meeting, and it’s not just Philly.

In recent months, Trump has convened a series of in-person meetings and conference calls to discuss laying the groundwork to challenge the 2022 midterm election results, four people familiar with the conversations tell Rolling Stone. In these conversations, pro-Trump groups, attorneys, Republican Party activists, and MAGA diehards often discuss the type of scorched-earth legal tactics they could deploy.

And they’ve gamed out scenarios for how to aggressively challenge elections, particularly ones in which a winner is not declared on Election Night. If there’s any hint of doubt about the winners, the teams plan to wage aggressive court campaigns and launch a media blitz. Trump himself set the blueprint for this on Election Night 2020, when — with the race far from decided — he went on national television to declare: “Frankly, we did win this election.”

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. It's about his guy in PA - Mastriano

I am confident we have a strong court system in PA and solid attorneys general at all levels. Any fuckery will be intermittent and temporary.

[QED]

2. "historically problematic precincts" - heavily democratic precincts

or predominantly POC.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. Racist Benedict Donald says what?

Good luck with that.

[CrispyQ]

4. Every day I hope this is the day that he dies.

I'm so fucking sick of him.

[PortTack]

7. Right there with ya! Gawd I hate him

[CousinIT]

10. ditto that. n/t

[spanone]

5. trump is 1000% out of his fucking mind and so are his cultists.

[crickets]

6. Right after the election would be a great time

to charge his flabby ass and shut him up.

[Samrob]

8. Can just anyone challenge and election? Trump is not a candidate for anything.

If anyone can challenge and election then Dems ought to get ready for some serious challenging of House candidates.

[ananda]

9. Looks like Republican internals are much more negative...

than what is being reported.

[CousinIT]

11. WHY. ISN'T. HE. IN. PRISON. ? n/t

[debm55]

12. I wish the guy would die already.

or be in jail.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Who is surprised by this?

[Deminpenn]

14. These threats always amuse me

Michael Caputo wouldn't last 5 minutes at one of his "historically problematic precincts" and neither would any of the uptight whites he might recruit as "observers". The first AfAm voter who spoke to them would send them running for their cars and the hills from wence they came.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. His latest grift

I'm sure he'll be soliciting donations to his cause.