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Inside the Republican legal blitz to sow election doubt: ‘The claims are garbage’

“The underlying claims in the suits are based on totally unreliable data, shoddy methodology, and basically the claims are garbage,” said Ben Berwick, a lawyer at the non-profit group Protect Democracy. “They are also, in this case, brought by election deniers, in an attempt to spread a false narrative to mislead the public and undermine confidence in elections.

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grue
lemmy.world

...in an attempt to mislead the public and undermine confidence in elections manufacture excuses for MAGA-controlled election boards to throw out Harris votes, the MAGA-controlled House to obstruct certification, and the MAGA-controlled SCOTUS to coronate Trump regardless of who would've legitimately won the EC vote.

FTFY

This is not "just" disinformation for the purpose of voter suppression. This is laying the groundwork for the 2024 coup.

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nondescripthandle
lemmy.dbzer0.com

No matter how garbage the claims are they will continue to do damage and get people hurt. I have a very hard time believing in any form of free speech where this kind of speech is protected.

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geekwithsoulreply
lemm.ee

Yeah, it really seems that there needs to be some sort of consequences for this. I saw someone referring to it as "lawfare" for the first time, and I think that's rather apt. This is attempting to disingenuously commit violence on the infrastructure of society.

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