'This should alarm us': Elections expert says Trump revealed a 'preview of his strategy'
Donald Trump gave a rally speech on Saturday, during which he attacked local Georgia GOP officials and slurred some words. He also revealed an "alarming" part of his November strategy, according to an elections expert.
Max Flugrath, director of communications for Fair Fight Action, a voting rights advocacy organization, on Sunday highlighted Trump's rally, which Flugrath described as "lie-riddled" and even "rambling." He said it included "all the usual hits," including election conspiracies and attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris.
"But one part of Trump's remarks stuck out," he said.
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He continued: "And it may be a preview of his strategy in November."
Flugrath explained that Trump did something a bit out of character at the Georgia event.
"Trump praised the Georgia State Election Board, a government body overseeing its election rules," he wrote. "Trump thanked three of the Georgia State Election Board's members specifically for their efforts to change Georgia's certification rules. This is odd. Trump doesn't usually concern himself with details this in-the-weeds."
Flugrath went on to say that the Georgia State Election Board members Trump thanked and singled out were "recently appointed."
"Janice Johnston Rick Jeffares Janelle King," he wrote. "Trump called them 'pitbulls fighting for honesty, transparency, and victory.' So, what exactly are they fighting for?"
Flugrath explained, "The Trump-aligned GA election board members are working to change the state's election rules with less than 100 days until the election. They recently held a meeting, unlawfully noticed and carried out, where they advanced changes to Georgia's election certification process."
"After a lawsuit, the election board is holding another vote on some of the proposed election rule changes, on Tuesday, August 6. The new rules they're trying to pass can be used to sow doubt in the results and delay certification of the the 2024 election," according to the expert's analysis. "One proposed rule change would give authority to local election officials to slow down or refuse to certify the 2024 election results. With election deniers holding local election positions in Georgia, this should alarm us all."