Trump appears to tell supporters to form roving voter intimidation squads

[Eugene]

Source: Think Progress

Ian Millhiser
7 hrs ago 3 min read

Trump appears to tell supporters to form roving voter intimidation squads

“So go over and — watch. And watch carefully.”

Speaking at a rally in Manheim, Pennsylvania on Saturday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered vague concerns about “bad stories” in “certain areas” where efforts to rig the election could take place. Though the overtly racist candidate was circumspect about what his supporters should do in these “certain areas,” he appeared to suggest that they should join together into roaming squads of vigilantes.

You’ve got to go out. You’ve got to go out. And you’ve got to get your friends. And you’ve got to get everyone you know. And you got to watch your polling booths, because I hear too many stories about Pennsylvania. Certain areas. I hear too many bad stories, and we can’t lose an election because of you know what I’m talking about.

So go and vote, and then go check out areas. Because a lot of bad things happen. And we don’t want to lose for that reason. We don’t want to lose, but we especially we don’t want to lose for that reason. So go over and — watch. And watch carefully.

America has a long and unfortunate history of angry white mobs traveling to predominantly African American polling places in order to intimidate voters. The Ku Klux Klan started using this tactic not long after the Civil War.

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[mothra1orbit]

1. Not only am I going to monitor my polling place

I'm going to bring a car trunkful of folding chairs and bottles of water to the polls.

[chillfactor]

4. i am working early election days....

as well as election day in New Mexico...we will be keeping a watch out for any trouble from t'rumps nincompoops.

[chillfactor]

2. I suspect that if t'rumps....

threat comes true, the cops are going to be very busy.

[SummerSnow]

3. I live in NYC, his minions will get their ass kicked if they harass anyone at these polls

[MineralMan]

5. Just "certain areas" Donnie?

What areas? Whatever can you mean? You'll have to be, you know, specific, so your moronic goons will know where to go.

[JoePhilly]

6. His supporters are mainly cowards, just like him.

[KT2000]

8. In that case - governors should have

National Guard on standby. There are too many people, like the Bundy's and their ilk, who want a revolution. Revolution to some of them means ethnic cleansing.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Paranoia seems quite contagious

What's the cure for ignorance?

[Generic Brad]

10. Good luck to them preventing me from mailing my absentee ballot

And my wife and daughter are taking advantage of early voting where they are. They can't stop a tsunami!

[creeksneakers2]

11. They'd better bring a lot of them

Because otherwise if they go into Philly intimidating voters they'll get the crap kicked out of them.