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In response to the RNC <\/em>inviting<\/em><\/a> an ultra-MAGA conspiracy theorist and election denier to an event where he told Americans \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter who votes,\u201d <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump rebranded the RNC in his election-denying image, and now his handpicked RNC leaders Michael Whatley and Lara Trump have decided to embrace far-right conspiracy theorists and MAGA extremists like Jack Posobiec, who promoted the \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 movement and said his goal is to \u2018overthrow\u2019 democracy. No matter what RNC-platformed election deniers say, Democrats know that voters do<\/em> matter \u2013 and that they are ready to reject Trump and JD Vance\u2019s relentless attacks on our democracy and turn the page this November.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: The RNC invited ultra-MAGA conspiracy theorist and election denier Jack Posobiec to train poll watchers \u2013 he told them \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter who votes. It matters who counts the votes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cThe R.N.C. Asked a Conspiracy Theorist to Train Poll Watchers.<\/strong> Here\u2019s What He Told Them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA few years ago, Jack Posobiec was a fringe figure and a right-wing agitator best known for helping spread \u2018Pizzagate,\u2019 a conspiracy theory about Democrats running a satanic child abuse ring underneath a Washington pizza parlor. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis month, he was invited by the Republican National Committee to speak to a group of volunteers about how to monitor elections in Michigan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe invitation was one sign of how the party uses figures and fictions that were once considered out of bounds to energize its activists\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe key to elections, he said, is that \u2018it doesn\u2019t matter who votes. It matters who counts the votes.\u2019 \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn recent years, after Donald J. Trump\u2019s attempts to subvert the 2020 election, Republican monitor roles are increasingly being filled by activists who believe elections are fraudulent, and they have taken on a different mission\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn his recent book\u2026 Mr. Posobiec wrote about people involved with Black Lives Matter and the Civil Rights Movement as being part of a series of left-wing efforts to destroy civilization. (Mr. Trump\u2019s running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, wrote a blurb endorsing the book.)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn addition to the Michigan training, Mr. Posobiec was also scheduled to speak to a group in Wisconsin a few days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a statement, Mr. Posobiec stood by his comments at the training session\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOthers who have participated in recent training sessions include Kari Lake, the party\u2019s Senate candidate in Arizona and former candidate for governor who never conceded her defeat. Also invited was Rogan O\u2019Handley, a social media influencer who uses the handle DC Draino and often spreads misinformation about \u2018rigged\u2019 elections, and Colby Covington, an Ultimate Fighting Championship star who calls himself \u2018Donald Trump\u2019s favorite fighter.\u2019 \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cElection officials have raised worries again this year now that Mr. Trump is at the top of the Republican ticket. The former president has repeatedly spread falsehoods about the election system<\/strong>, suggested that local election officials are breaking the law and that individual citizens must guard the vote from forces out to steal it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posobiec is a conspiracy theorist who was a part of the \u201cStop the Steal\u201d movement to overturn Donald Trump\u2019s loss in 2020 and said his goal is to \u201coverthrow\u201d democracy \u2013 and he has earned the support of JD Vance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mother Jones<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives \u201cUnhumans\u201d and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Matters<\/a>: \u201cPosobiec was part of the election denial \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 movement that led to the insurrection on January 6, 2021.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cFar-right speaker tells CPAC attendees that his goal is to ‘overthrow’ democracy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cInfamous Pizzagater Jack Posobiec Pushed Hoax About Pipe Bombs Being Planted at Korean War Memorial\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extreme election deniers and RNC leaders Michael Whatley and Lara Trump have pushed baseless lies about the 2020 election and attempted to whitewash January 6.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Magazine<\/a>: \u201cTrump Taps Election Deniers Lara Trump, Michael Whatley to Lead RNC\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cRNC under Lara Trump spreads \u2018massive fraud\u2019 claims about 2020 election\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cMr. Trump likes Mr. Whatley for one overwhelming reason, according to people who have discussed him with the former president: He is \u2018a stop the steal guy,\u2019<\/strong> as one of the people described him. He endorses Mr. Trump\u2019s false claims about mass voter fraud \u2026 Mr. Whatley has baselessly claimed that election security efforts from Republicans in North Carolina stopped Democrats from cheating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s Man at the R.N.C. Will Face Pressure to Satisfy His Election Lies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cLikely frontrunner for RNC chair parroted Trump\u2019s 2020 election lies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Matters<\/a>: \u201cOn her podcast, RNC co-chair Lara Trump says she doesn\u2019t believe 81 million people voted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Trump<\/a>: \u201cBecause here\u2019s the goal, folks. I don\u2019t ever \u2013 and I know you don\u2019t either \u2013 want to repeat 2020 and the atrocities of that election ever again.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Trump<\/a>: \u201cThe bulk of the staff you will see in our building is focused solely on election integrity. Because let\u2019s be honest, we can never repeat 2020 ever again. We\u2019re never going to do that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Trump ahead of January 6<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cWe want to make sure that if there is a contested vote, anybody who doesn\u2019t want to certify the votes for Joe Biden, that they get their chance to debate that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Trump<\/a>: \u201cThere is no evidence whatsoever to have any indication that Donald Trump had anything to do with what happened [on January 6].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Trump is still pushing baseless lies about his loss by over 7 million votes in the 2020 election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201c[Trump] is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRe-litigating the 2020 election, repeating false claims it was stolen and casting aspersions on the security of mail voting remain major fixtures for [Trump] on the stump.<\/strong> \u2026 He regularly refers to the 2020 election as \u2018rigged\u2019 on his social media channels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump continues to praise and promise pardons for the violent insurrectionists he rallied to storm the Capitol on January 6, calling them \u201chostages\u201d and \u201cpatriots.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if elected\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Scott, ABC News<\/a>: \u201c140 police officers were assaulted [on January 6].<\/strong> Their injuries included broken bones, at least one officer lost an eye, one had two cracked ribs, two smashed spinal discs, another had a stroke. Were the people who assaulted those 140 officers, including those I just mentioned, \u2018patriots\u2019 who deserve pardons?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Trump refuses to answer]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott: \u201cBut sir, my question is on those rioters who assaulted officers. Would you pardon those people?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump: \u201cOh absolutely I would. <\/strong>If they\u2019re innocent, I would pardon them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott: \u201cThey\u2019ve been convicted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cThose people were treated very harshly\u2026 nobody was killed on January 6. But I think that the people of January 6 were treated very unfairly<\/strong>\u2026 they were there to complain about an election, and you know it\u2019s very interesting, the biggest crowd I\u2019ve ever spoken to.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cTrump describes imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters as \u2018hostages\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TIME<\/a>: \u201cTrump has sought to recast the insurrectionist riot as an act of patriotism. \u2018I call them the J-6 patriots,\u2019<\/strong> Trump tells TIME. When asked whether he would consider pardoning every one of them, he says: \u2018Yes, absolutely.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cJanuary 6, it was the largest crowd I\u2019ve ever spoken to. And they were there proud, they were there with love in their heart. That was an unbelievable \u2014 and it was a beautiful day.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has threatened political violence and warned of a \u201cbloodbath\u201d if he loses in November, and he is vowing to be a dictator on \u201cday one\u201d if he wins.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN<\/a>: \u201cMany people have lost American presidential elections over the last 230 years \u2013 Trump is the only one to say about violence if he loses \u2018it depends.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Atlantic<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says He\u2019ll Be a Dictator on \u2018Day One\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump says there will be a \u2018bloodbath\u2019 if he loses the election\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump calls political enemies \u2018vermin,\u2019 echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump says he will lock up his political enemies if he is president again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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