Thousands of U.S. citizens concerned about Donald Trump-alleged election fraud have been trained by MAGA-aligned figures on how to spot and fight it ahead of the imminent presidential election, an investigation claims.
Dozens of far-right election advocacy groups have visited communities across the country to hold seminars and training sessions intended to motivate average voters to monitor their local election offices, USA Today reports.
Among the leaders conducting such meetings is former professor David Clements, who has elevated Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election and suggested that future elections are compromised.
Clements, who says he was fired from his university job in 2021 for refusing to comply with a Covid-19 mask mandate, uses conspiracy theories and Christian nationalist ideas to promote election denialism. He and his wife, Erin Clements, are notable election deniers.
In local communities, Clements hosts “Gideon …