Creepy voter intimidation a troubling sign as 2022 Election Day nears

Worries about voter intimidation didn’t fully materialize in 2020–not that there was zero, but there wasn’t as much as many feared—and a likely reason is many of those who might do intimidation were convinced they were going to win.
Now they’re convinced by lies about voter fraud https://t.co/TU5TndcDmF

— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) October 23, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Trump is planning to challenge the 2022 election results — starting in Philadelphiahttps://t.co/YTC3B3qHHZ

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) October 23, 2022

In many ways, this epitomizes the urgent threat to democracy: Self-stylized paramilitaries who undoubtedly view themselves as noble defenders of “real America” – when they are actually assaulting the foundations of the democratic system by spreading fear of fascistic violence. https://t.co/8PGeaZCqWS

— Thomas Zimmer (@tzimmer_history) October 23, 2022

The GOP nominee for Nevada elections chief is now pushing a preposterous claim that Pelosi, Schiff, Schumer and Nadler, who all represent staunchly Democratic communities and won their last races by 43 points or more, were not legitimately elected: https://t.co/bF4Q9KpGYl

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2022

Incomprehensible how these incoherent, insane, and increasingly anti-Semitic claims are becoming mainstream amongst GOP candidates. Election denialism is not just accepted, it’s expected (if not *the* differentiator) in many races. https://t.co/wblVyzBYGA

— Chris Krebs (@C_C_Krebs) October 23, 2022

“I don’t wish to sit here and say this is something that happened 18 months ago. This is something that continues to happen every single day for us.”

Dominion CEO John Poulos tells @andersoncooper about the harassment of and threats against his employees. https://t.co/FEFQKdahig pic.twitter.com/EB9LHrj7mM

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 23, 2022

“Other speakers included Roger Stone, Michael Flynn… and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, though the crowd favorite appeared to be organizer Clay Clark, who frequently took to the microphone to accuse McDonald’s of being part of the ‘deep state’” https://t.co/HigSU2pdJs

— Sam Kestenbaum (@skestenbaum) October 23, 2022