Trump's Calls For Poll Watchers Raise Fears About Voter Intimidation

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President Trump complained that his supporters were prevented from monitoring an early-voting site in Philadelphia, calling it a sign of 'corruption.' The individuals weren't registered as poll watchers and the location was a satellite elections office.

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The recent appearance of chanting Trump supporters outside an early voting site in Fairfax County, Virginia, has also raised alarms.

The incident led Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, a Democrat, to issue an opinion noting that there are federal and state laws prohibiting voter intimidation.

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I’m going to vote for Joe and Kamala but show up looking super MEGA so I don't get harassed. I hope other do the same, or this goes viral so it messes with the MEGA poll watchers heads…

Early voting Fairfax VA

All polling stations should be video taped. The line, the poll workers, and the movement of ballots. Election2020

What, are Trump poll watchers going to intimidate people from voting twice?

Just tell everyone your voting for Trump, then don't. His lunatic supporters will leave you alone, and it will be an even bigger shock when he gets scrubbed.

This is not about racism or the KKK this is about socialism and the Black people who are ignorant with white people running with them burning down their own neighborhoods and maybe even they’re not even from that county or state this is about socialism not racism

What I'll be wearing for the 'poll watchers'.

Has America sunk this low that we allow armed people to invade the voting area to intimidate voters . This is third world dictator elections .

Trump doesn't think the rules apply to him. No law and order for Trump

He said Poll Watchers and they thought there'd be strippers.

Trump supporters can watch my poll as it spits at them. As long as they keep out of melee distance.

wait, he’s complaining because his cult can’t engage in voter intimidation? that seems very, um, trumpian.

JeffersonObama I don’t believe states and counties aren’t prepared to provide security to election officials who will have the duty of counting our votes. Remember, Roger Stone is out free, free to organize the civil unrest used in 2018 to intimidate vote counters.

Guess what I see People in a line, but not minimum 2 feet away from each other... as Covid 19 guidelines all say to do!!! So, my question is, how many of you are going to get sick, by not taking proper precautions at the polls? I don’t think this is wise at all. Can’t you

Just to be clear, being somewhere without proper documentation is now a bad thing?

Why is calling for poll watchers at polling places. Trump said mail in voting Is the problem. Trump has Texas limit 1 Mail in ballot location per county. Beyond voter suppression, now become voter denial, suppression & obstruction. Trump know about obstruction 10 counts of it.

So what’s a ‘poll watcher’ do? Don’t they have better things to do, like work or a hobby? Get a life

FRAUD simple and plain.

You betas are something else... I have never witnessed so much childish cowardice in my life... Wtf has our Nation come to?...

Now tell me trump the traitor isn't trying to sabotage our elections.

He doesn’t follow any laws so why would he know that this is in fact illegal.

What exactly does 45 think his cult members are monitoring?

realDonaldTrump is an illegitimate potus, has no understanding of government and elections. He has proven over and over that he is not deserving of being re-elected.

👎👎👎👎👎

But you didn’t have a problem when it was the Black Panthers watching the polling stations. 🙄🤡 Hypocrites

Proud Boys condemn racism and white supremacy

Sort of like oh, I don’t know, open borders? We need permission to follow the law or we don’t?

More dog whistles!

Trump: “Stand back and standby.” Jr: “We need every able-bodied man and woman to join the army for Trump’s election security operation.” If this isn’t intimidation and call for violent confrontations, Idk what is. The Trumps’ way of saying “If we go down, so does America!”

In PA there are rules to be a poll watcher. Just showing up is intimidation.

Drones are working best and transmit HD video.

ProudBoytrump snd his worshippers don’t have to follow rules! Right

Cc: realDonaldTrump

Making the rules as he goes, as usual completely expects whomever/whatever shows up at any random polling place demanding to 'watch' polling? This will not go well at all, just as the great pretender wants it to!

Is he really bitching about not being allow to commit voter intimidation? Jesusfuckingchrist 🤦🏻‍♀️

'The individuals weren't registered as poll watchers and the location was a satellite elections office.' sound like excuses not reasons

“Monitoring?” The way that the Klansmen “monitored” voting booths at the end of “Birth of a Nation?”

Trump is purposefully doing this to try to make people question the results so the Pennsylvania state legislature picks its own electors instead of using the popular vote.

It isn’t legal to just loiter at polling places. This “president” is very ignorant of the laws in this country.

Very deceptive reporting NPR. It's not at all shocking you would twist the facts. We've come to expect nothing less from your propaganda network. NPR (National Propaganda Radio).

Armed militias 'monitoring' polling sites equals VoterSuppression.

So what does a satellite elections office do that's so unimportant that it shouldn't be monitored?

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How is wanting a fair and honest election considered intimidation?

Trump only want to use the debate to spread conspiracy sound bites. That's is what he did. But everyone will not hear that it was debunked. There is no value in these debates.

Except that the people staffing that polling location were all Democratic party operatives. No registration for poll watchers allowed so that only Democrats can rig the numbers.

He has caused nothing but chaos. Just like he likes it

DonTheCon keeps spreading lies. Some of his lies caused people to die.

Just register 🤷🏽‍♀️ Follow the rules.... oh wait tRump and them don’t follow rules. lawandorder!

Polls must be watched, leftists love to cheat

Everyone, EVERYONE in line to vote should turn their camera/phones on the 'watchers' and video them the entire time they're in line. Then post the videos so we can out the intimidators/criminals interfering with the voting process. And maybe send them to jail with Drumpf.

Who watches the watchers? Pollwatcherwatch

What the hell is the matter with that man!! Congress needs to step up and get some laws passed regarding elections.

So they were undocumented poll workers

Trump needs a muzzle. He should NOT be calling on the average citizen like this. He's inciting his radical base. It's a dangerous move and one that threatens our democr process.

Maybe just give his campaign this so that there are no more issues. It's pretty easy to understand.

Bring em on. Obviously he's never tangled with a Philadelphian, hahaha, Bring Them On, this would be better than any sporting event. Come, We Are Ready.

These are the same people he told to stand by on Tuesday.

He doesn't know the law. We elected a failed businessman not a politician.

I'm still trying to understand, who in the hell do his supporters think they are? They're nothing but a bunch of thugs trying to intimidate voters.

Keep his thugs away!

I think we all know the real reason his poll dancers are there.

Do not get TOO MAD DONALD!!! Our polls do NOT need your CRAZY monitors!! Go away!! Quit lying to us Americans!! U R THE PROBLEM!!

Trump is completely out of control. He must be removed from office.

Good kick their asses out of there

This is how 3rd world tin pot dictators intimidate their opponents. Because of Trump America has gotten there in under 4 years after and two centuries of consistently stable democracy.

We don’t need HIS poll Watchers !!

His default move is to lie.

Poll Watcher = Intimidator. Wtf are they watching for?

This is just the beginning of the nonsense.

'We're not allowed to register as poll watchers' at this new facility

He must be shaking and the gop too because now they are resorting to illegal tactics and questionable ones

republicans are complicit in the destruction of American democracy

Harassers? Send a f’in lawyer if you are concerned.

Here we go... this asshole works overtime when it comes to creating chaos.

One more example of his failure to educate himself.

Someone standing around looking at people. What a terrifying intimidation tactic. Meanwhile you have BLM demanding fist raises and loyalty or they steal or burn your shit or attack you. What horse shit NPR has become

He’s so anxious to call the prospective election results as fake so he can have Barr declare him the winner.

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