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Eugene

(62,610 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:02 AM 14 hrs ago

Trump's "Secretary of Retribution" Reveals Plan to Steal a Swing State

Earlier DU thread: A group of right-wing political activists, led by Ivan Raiklin, is calling for North Carolina's election results to be t

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Source: The New Republic

Trump’s “Secretary of Retribution” Reveals Plan to Steal a Swing State

Hafiz Rashid
Tue, October 22, 2024 at 4:09 PM EDT·2 min read

Donald Trump’s cronies are already making plans to overturn North Carolina’s election results if a majority of the state’s voters choose Kamala Harris for president.

Ivan Raiklin, a supporter of the former president who calls himself Trump’s future “secretary of retribution,” has prepared a plan to deliver North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes to Trump, regardless of how the votes go. Raiklin, an attorney and military veteran, has close ties to people in Trump’s inner circle, including Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser who was pardoned by the former president.

Raiklin told his plan to an audience at the Christian nationalist ReAwaken America Tour over the weekend in Selma, North Carolina, after being introduced by Flynn, according to Rolling Stone. Raiklin claimed that Hurricane Helene’s devastation may hurt Republican turnout in the state and give Democrats the edge on November 5, so he asked the crowd to pressure the state’s Republican leadership to ignore a favorable Democratic result.

Specifically, the leaders he mentioned were North Carolina state House Speaker Tim Moore and embattled Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, who presides over the state Senate. Raiklin’s plan involves the state legislature reacting quickly in January 2025 before the election results are certified by Congress, but only if Trump loses.

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Trump's "Secretary of Retribution" Reveals Plan to Steal a Swing State (Original Post) Eugene 14 hrs ago OP
Idiot exposed his game plan and the voters can go after him if he tries. kimbutgar 7 hrs ago #1
Probably one of many attempts Linda ladeewolf 4 hrs ago #2

kimbutgar

(22,938 posts)
1. Idiot exposed his game plan and the voters can go after him if he tries.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 02:13 PM
7 hrs ago

The federal government and the attorney general needs to look into this!

Linda ladeewolf

(279 posts)
2. Probably one of many attempts
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 04:28 PM
4 hrs ago

That will be made. We need to start taxing all Christian organizations and so called charities that become involved in politics. Regardless of religious affiliation.

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