How swing state officials are grappling with the lingering effects of the Big Lie. Plus, a Kamala Harris interview that’s never been broadcast.
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Saturday, October 26, 2024
Hello! In this issue:
* We explore the deep election denial that still lingers in swing states.
* Should we believe what the polls say about Black men?
* We talk with Black Republicans about why they support Donald Trump.
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** Swing States of Denial
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In 2020, as elections officials counted votes in Phoenix, protesters swarmed outside the Maricopa County election center. Many held flags; some had AR-15s. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was there yelling into a bullhorn, “Burn in hell, Joe Biden.”
They claimed the election was stolen.
Since then, dozens of court cases across the country have all found no evidence of widespread fraud. Despite that, election workers in Arizona’s Maricopa County and across the country continue to be threatened, harassed, and doxxed.
“Top election officials throughout the state have been turning over at the rate of a lunch shift at Taco Bell,” said Stephen Richer, the Maricopa County recorder. Richer, a Republican, says he voted for Donald Trump in 2020, but since taking office in 2021, he has spent a lot of his time working to dispel the election lies Trump helped create. And he’s faced ongoing death threats for steadfastly pushing back on those lies.
This week on Reveal: Mother Jones reporter Tim Murphy takes listeners inside the recently fortified election center in Maricopa County, where Richer’s staff are on a mission to demonstrate to voters that the election process is free and fair and deserving of their trust. We also visit Georgia, where Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman unpacks the battle for control of the election results in the crucial swing state, and Reveal’s Nina Martin unearths an interview with Kamala Harris that has never before been broadcast.
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** Why You Shouldn’t Buy the Election Narrative About Black Men
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Former President Barack Obama speaks during a rally for Kamala Harris on October 10, 2024. Credit: Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty
Earlier this month, former President Barack Obama stopped by a Kamala Harris campaign office in Pennsylvania and made headlines by admonishing Black men for being less enthusiastic about supporting her for president compared with the support he received when he ran in 2008.
“Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that,” Obama said.
Within days of Obama’s comments, Harris unveiled an “opportunity agenda for Black men” in part to energize and engage this slice of the electorate. According to a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, 70 percent of likely Black male voters said they supported Harris, compared with more than 80 percent of Black men who voted for President Joe Biden in 2020.
So should we believe the polls? Reveal host Al Letson and Mother Jones video correspondent Garrison Hayes are skeptical. In this podcast extra, Letson and Hayes discuss whether Democrats should be concerned about Black men defecting from the party, former President Donald Trump’s own plans to win them over, and why they think one of the most Democratic-leaning demographics in the US will likely stay that way.
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** A Quote to Remember
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“They taught me playbooks. They taught me strategy. They gave me media training…the Republican Party did a whole lot of investing into me before they even knew what the hell it is that I wanted to do.”
Michaelah Montgomery is a Black woman and supporter of Donald Trump. She’s been a rising conservative star since her meeting with him at a Chick-fil-A was caught on a viral video. She tells Mother Jones video correspondent Garrison Hayes ([link removed]) that she was disillusioned with Democratic politics and found support and a home for her organizing within the GOP.
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