Anti-Immigrant Election Deniers Have Turned Their Online Following Into an Army of Activists
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The campaign has been coordinated by a network of election denial groups who created the Only Citizens Vote Coalition to centralize their efforts. A WIRED review of recordings of half a dozen meetings to plan out 'National Only Citizens Vote' week has revealed that the organizers, guest speakers, and volunteers are pushing conspiracies about immigrants, planning to post threatening signs at polling places, and blaming the 'evil left' for stealing the election even before a vote has been cast.
Danielle D'Souza Gill said in an Instagram video she shared to her 255,000 followers, alongside the hashtag #OnlyCitizensVote, 'Millions of illegals have been crossing our southern border, many of them who are coming are drug traffickers and sex traffickers. But what I'm worried about is the illegal voting.' This highlights the fear-driven narrative being pushed by the organizers.
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