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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,860 posts)
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 08:56 PM Nov 2020

Election officials worried by threats and protesters

Election officials in several states said Thursday they are worried about the safety of their staffs amid a stream of threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside their doors, drawn by President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of widespread fraud in the race for the White House.

“I can tell you that my wife and my mother are very concerned for me,” said Joe Gloria, the registrar in Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas. He said his staff was bolstering security and tracking vehicles coming and going from the election offices.

But he added that he and others would not be stopped from "doing what our duty is and counting ballots.”

Groups of Trump supporters have gathered at vote tabulation sites in Phoenix, Detroit and Philadelphia, decrying counts that showed Democrat Joe Biden leading or gaining ground.

While the protests have not been violent or very large, local officials were distressed and concerned by the relentless accusations.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/election-officials-worried-by-threats-and-protesters/ar-BB1aJDPG?li=BBnb7Kz

Doesn't help that Trump is pouring gasoline on the fire.

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Election officials worried by threats and protesters (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Honestly, the National Guard needs to be called out. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #1
We think alike Ferret Squidly Nov 2020 #4
is it time for the Governors of these states to mobilize the national guard Squidly Nov 2020 #2
Well the cops clearly know how to clear an area. marybourg Nov 2020 #3

Squidly

(783 posts)
2. is it time for the Governors of these states to mobilize the national guard
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 09:00 PM
Nov 2020

to protect the counters? or would that be going too far on the escalation front? im just worried that if the protests got violent that the police might just step aside

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