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

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