Before he left office, former President Trump spent weeks making false claims of massive voter fraud in the 2020 election, alleging that’s what cost him victory.On November 27, for example, Trump implied in a tweet that chicanery had taken place in Detroit (“…more votes than people!”), Philadelphia, Atlanta and Milwaukee. “Not surprisingly,” he wrote, “they are located in the most important swing states, and are long known for being politically corrupt!”Notice how he placed emphasis on urban, majority Black areas.
Raising unfounded fears about African-American voting takes a page from an old playbook, one that has been used repeatedly to justify voter suppression.
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