Leaked videos show Trump allies boasting about ballot harvesting -- which the president decried as fr

[highplainsdem]

Source: Raw Story

Leaked videos show Trump allies boasting about ballot harvesting — which the president decried as fraud

Leaked videos taken from inside a secretive right-wing organization show many top conservative operatives openly advocating ballot harvesting during the 2020 presidential election, even as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of using such tactics to steal elections.

The Washington Post reports that the videos show longtime evangelical operative Ralph Reed boasting of his plans to harvest ballots from multiple places of worship for the benefit of Republican candidates.

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J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department official and the president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, was also shown on video attacking mail-in voting, which he said he wanted to stop by any means necessary.

“Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor, you’re a racist and so forth,” he said as he encouraged conservatives to go out of their way to block mail-in ballots.

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/leaked-videos-show-trump-allies-boasting-about-ballot-harvesting-which-the-president-decried-as-fraud/

[MontanaMama]

1. These are despicable people. nt

[dchill]

4. I've come to the conclusion that there must also be...

...a despicable Jesus that they've dug up somewhere, in order to serve him. Much in the way that Man makes his own gods, even if there might be a perfectly workable real one available.

[MontanaMama]

6. Agree 100%

and I have to confess, that “despicable Jesus“ made me laugh out loud.

[mahina]

14. Maybe the other guy

[LogicFirst]

29. They have sold their souls to Satan.

"Matthew 24:24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect."

[FakeNoose]

32. Satan must be an 80-year-old billionaire

... with assets hidden in offshore accounts.

[reACTIONary]

33. The Holy Church of Christ Without Christ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_Blood

[bluestarone]

2. These fuckers force us to win by

10 fold!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

[blm]

3. Link not working

[highplainsdem]

8. Sorry - just fixed it.

[ResistantAmerican17]

5. Ralph Reed is one of the most opportunistic grifter pseudo-Christians ever!

He’s been playing the gullible believers for decades. No shock that he’s committing voter fraud too. Jesus would be proud Ralph!!!

[SergeStorms]

24. Wasn't he the little prick...

who said, "I want to reduce the size of government until it can be drowned in a bathtub", or something to that effect?

[CloudWatcher]

25. Grover Norquist is usually credited with that quote ...

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/grover-norquist-quotes

[ResistantAmerican17]

28. Sorry.... you of the quick thumbs beat me. Sorry for the dup.

[SergeStorms]

31. Oh, OK....

it was that little prick who said it. It's hard to tell all those little republican pricks apart these days.

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

[IcyPeas]

9. another example of them projecting....

EVERYTHING they accuse the democrats of doing is actually what they are doing.

[KS Toronado]

16. A big AMEN

[BComplex]

37. Every republican accusation is, in truth, a confession.

Bank on it.

[Tommymac]

10. Christians.

[Docreed2003]

11. Sick, evil fuckers

They hide behind the veil of Christianity in order to shield themselves from criticism and to build a loyal following. There is nothing remotely "Christian" about them but they make a nice living fleecing people.

[trueblue2007]

30. Ah, how "Christian" of them. And you know, it is just exactly what Jesus would NOT do !!

[DallasNE]

12. Two Types Of Ballot Harvesting

One is the well-meaning individual that volunteers to take peoples sealed ballots to a designated drop-off box for them. That is not fraud but I would still strongly discourage doing that because it raises a security issue and that should be avoided. The only exception would be if both parties know and trust one another, such as a family member.

The other is what we are seeing here where there is a plot to deceive people into dropping off their ballots into a drop-off box that is private where the intention is to prevent it from being cast, such as the Republicans have done in California by putting out drop-off boxes that are identical in appearance to official drop-off boxes. The intent here is fraud. The Republicans in California have been ordered to remove those boxes but so far have defied the Court order (think about that -- expecting a pardon, maybe).

[BainsBane]

15. That's a federal crime

They belong in prison.

[CrispyQ]

17. Republicans are ratfuckers of the highest order.

It's impacted my opinion of the people in my real life who still support this vile party.

[Chakaconcarne]

18. It would be nice to see the leaked videos.....

Was hoping they would be in the link or am I missing something?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. If they're harvesting ballots from places of worship,

my very first question is: are they actual legitimate ballots? Or are they planning on distributing ballots they have themselves printed up, and hope they will get counted anyway?

[PatrickforO]

20. "Be not afraid..."

Interesting how the dirtbag Adams got biblical in his instructions.

[NoMoreRepugs]

21. Power is all that matters to these folks - period.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

22. Repugs are all "law and order" until it gets in the way of what they want to do.

Anyway, these faux boxes are in front of churches, so it must be "God's will."

At least they're open about breaking the law. It's not that your supporters will be accused of being racists or voter suppressors -- it's that they are breaking the law, and they don't care.

Let's see how quiet they are when the Dems set up identical boxes in front of their churches.

[Bondor]

23. Why no indictment?

Why isn't Reed and others in the video liable for plotting and inciting others to break the law? This is not an effort to arrest political opponents, only to make sure that our laws are enforced.

[LiberalLovinLug]

26. "Be not afraid of the accusations that you're a voter suppressor, you're a racist and so forth,"

.....while you are engaging in voter suppression and making it the most difficult you can for black voters to exercise their right to vote.



Seriously, how do they get away with such blatant hypocrisy. Are Trump cultists that stupid? Rhetorical question.

I like how he starts his admonishment with "Be not afraid...." An ancient colloquialism taken directly from the Bible. To endear himself to the religious sheep.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. The Washington Post article that broke the story

Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: ‘Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor’

As the presidential campaign entered its final stages, a fresh-faced Republican activist named Charlie Kirk stepped into the spotlight at a closed-door gathering of leading conservatives and shared his delight about an impact of the coronavirus pandemic: the disruption of America’s universities. So many campuses had closed, he said, that up to a half-million left-leaning students probably would not vote.

“So, please keep the campuses closed,” Kirk, 26, said in August as the audience cheered, according to video of the event obtained by The Washington Post. “Like, it’s a great thing.”

The gathering in Northern Virginia was organized by the Council for National Policy, a little-known group that has served for decades as a hub for a nationwide network of conservative activists and the donors who support them. Members include Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Leonard Leo, an outside adviser to President Trump who has helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars from undisclosed donors to support conservative causes and the nominations of conservative federal judges.

Videos provided to The Post — covering dozens of hours of CNP meetings over three days in February and three in August — offer an inside view of participants’ obsessions and fears at a pivotal moment in the conservative movement. The videos, recorded by CNP to share with its members, show influential activists discussing election tactics, amplifying conspiracy theories and describing much of America in dark and apocalyptic terms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/council-national-policy-video/2020/10/14/367f24c2-f793-11ea-a510-f57d8ce76e11_story.html

[rlegro]

36. This takes me right back to Paul Weyrich

Considered the father of modern movement conservatism, the influential Wisconsin Republican once told a crowd, "I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now."

The thing about movement conservatism as expressed through the modern GOP is that they barely try to hide their gamesmanship anymore. They are often right out in the open about it, in fact, for example with those fake "official" mail-in ballot boxes. Whereas whenever lesser such activity -- even patently legal activity -- is mounted by Democrats, the Rumpublicans go ballistic and demand investigations and hold endless hearings. It's a riff on "Animal Farm." All political animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.