More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a Justice Department unit trying to stem the tide of violent and graphic threats against people who count and secure the vote.
Government employees are being bombarded with threats even in normally quiet periods between elections, secretaries of state and experts warn. Some point to former President Donald Trump and his allies repeatedly and falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen and spreading conspiracy theories about election workers. Experts fear the 2024 election could be worse and want the federal government to do more to protect election workers.
The Justice Department created the Election Threats Task Force in 2021 led by its public integrity section, which investigates election crimes. John Keller, the unit’s second in command, said in an interview with The Associated Press that the department hoped its prosecutions would deter others from threatening election workers.
Republicans will never stop trying to steal elections.
Someone should tell the Democrats.
Isn’t this the kind of thing that the FBI should be arresting people for?
On terrorism charges.
But that only happens in brown people countries, apparently.
I had acquaintances in red states who worked in that field and they ended up bailing from the job because of the fucking wackjobs threatening them
And that was a state that Trump won. I couldn’t imagine the idiots you get in a purple/blue/swing state.
Cool cool cool. Round them up and put everyone away for 20 years.
- 20, if they promise to not go into politics, and if they do, slap on another 40
Right wing terrorism
Now that weed is getting legalized everywhere I’m glad they’ve found a replacement for the cheap prison labor they would otherwise be missing out on.
That is so disgusting. Wow.
