A group called “Lion of Judah,” led by self-described Republican opposition researcher Joshua Standifer, is traveling the nation to recruit Christians to “key positions of influence in government like Election Workers.”

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    2 months ago

    Wouldn’t having trumpy people watching it not increase their confidence in the result?

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      I’m afraid not. The Trump supporters are so convinced that the democrats are cheating that they see conspiracies every where they look. Last time, partizan observers saw wheeled ballot containers under a table and reported it as suitcases of ballots being illegally counted. Surveillance footage showed nothing untoward actually happened, but the claims went viral among trump supporters who needed no more evidence than the initial claims.

      Sending in hordes of ill-informed, poorly trained observers who will jump at shadows is a recipe for chaos. They will claim that every ballot counter who so much as scratches their nose is somehow trying to steal the election from Trump, again without any evidence at all. In fact, these people are the worst choice for observers because, as highly religious people, they are inclined to trust their beliefs rather than observable facts.

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        2 months ago

        Isn’t the allegation though that the dems are doing the interference?