Pro-Trump conspiracy theorists hound election officials out of office

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-nevada-washoe/

Businessman Robert Beadles claimed he had found evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Then he went on the attack, targeting a 48-year-old woman who runs elections in Nevada’s Washoe County.

“Now, let’s talk about treason. That’s right, treason,” Beadles told a Feb. 22 county commissioners’ meeting in Washoe, the second-largest county in this election battleground state. The Republican activist falsely accused the registrar of voters, Deanna Spikula, of counting fraudulent votes and told commissioners to “either fire her or lock her up.”

After the meeting, Spikula’s office was flooded with hostile and harassing calls from people convinced she was part of a conspiracy to rig the election against former U.S. President Donald Trump. On March 2, a caller threatened to bring 100 people to the county building to “put this to bed today.” Spikula, under severe stress, stopped coming into the office. A post on Beadles’ website said she was “rumored to be in rehab.” That was false, she said; she was at home, working on a state elections manual.

By late June, fearing for her family’s safety, she’d had enough and submitted her resignation.

Beadles’ campaign in Washoe is part of a wave of efforts by pro-Trump activists to gain control of voting administration by replacing county government leaders with election conspiracy theorists. Some are spending big money. In Nevada, Beadles has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into campaigns targeting opponents of Trump’s false rigged-election claims and backing Republicans who believe them.

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[TheRealNorth]

1. Sounds like the terrorists are winning

[hildegaard28]

2. These people

Need to be disappeared.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. At minimum sued for defamation, inflicting distress, ala Alex Jones. Say, $100M?

Although if someone (not me of course, a hypothetical person) up and snapped this dude's neck ... doubt I'd shed any tears for him.

[Midnight Writer]

5. Yes, this seems like an legally actionable attack.

Perhaps we need a legal fund to pay for lawsuits against these asshats.

If we don't stop them now, we will live with this crap forever.

[CrispyQ]

4. Our side isn't taking this shit seriously enough. -nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. There need to be very public and financially painful consequences for terrorists.