Thread by @TimAlberta, Here's my dispatch from outside the Ford plant today -- a reporting [...]

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Here's my dispatch from outside the Ford plant today -- a reporting experience that further dims my outlook for the next 5 months, which I truly did not think was possible https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/21/trump-michigan-tailgate-274416

Life at the Trump Tailgate: Spiked Slurpees, Culture Wars and the Coronavirus Hoax

Michigan is beset by disease, floods and joblessness, but it’s voter fraud conspiracies that really frighten the president’s supporters.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/21/trump-michigan-tailgate-274416

the takeaway -- voter fraud talk is suddenly ubiquitous on the right, and it happened so fast we haven't begun to really consider the implications
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/21/trump-michigan-tailgate-274416

This was teed up for POTUS. Ford plant! Near Willow Run! So much symbolism. Surely a highlight moment in his handling of #COVID19—a rah-rah speech to unify the nation. Instead he distracts w/ voter fraud, UAW insult & “bloodline” comment. A single that should’ve been a home run.

Pairs well w/ 2 stories this week

@MarcACaputo on FL authorities debunking theories of mass voter fraud in 2018 https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/05/21/a-trump-election-conspiracy-collapses-1285442

Oakland Press update on Sherika Hawkins, the Southfield City clerk who altered ballots and is headed for prison https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/copscourts/clerk-sherikia-hawkins-charged-with-election-fraud-gets-next-court-date/article_4ca5ba12-9a0b-11ea-8d15-d7614fe89bf1.html

Clerk Sherikia Hawkins, charged with election fraud, gets next court date

The next court date is scheduled for an Oakland County clerk charged with election fraud and related crimes.

https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/05/21/a-trump-election-conspiracy-collapses-1285442

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