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Trump top adviser: 'Traditionally, it's always been Republicans suppressing votes'
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of NBC/Associated Press
Posted: January 6th, 2020
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-top-adv...
One of President Donald Trumps top re-election advisers told influential Republicans in swing state Wisconsin that the party has traditionally relied on voter suppression to compete in battleground states but will be able to start playing offense in 2020 due to relaxed Election Day rules, according to an audio recording of a private event obtained by The Associated Press. Traditionally its always been Republicans suppressing votes in places, Justin Clark, a senior political adviser and senior counsel to Trumps re-election campaign, said at the event. Republican officials publicly signaled plans to step up their Election Day monitoring after a judge in 2018 lifted a consent degree in place since 1982 that barred the Republican National Committee from voter verification and other ballot security efforts. Critics have argued the tactics amount to voter intimidation. The consent decree was put in place after the Democratic National Committee sued its Republican counterpart, alleging the RNC helped intimidate black voters in New Jersey's election for governor. The federal lawsuit claimed the RNC and the state GOP had off-duty police stand at polling places in urban areas wearing armbands that read "National Ballot Security Task Force," with guns visible on some. Mike Browne, deputy director of One Wisconsin Now, said Clark's comments suggest the Trump campaign plans to engage in underhanded tactics to win the election.
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