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Trump campaign adviser admits 2020 voter suppression plans
The excuse trump lovers will believe: The adviser insisted later that he was referring to past Democratic efforts to accuse Republicans of voter suppression.
A senior member of Donald Trump's reelection campaign was caught admitting to Republican voter suppression efforts in an audio recording obtained and published by the Associated Press on Friday, claiming the campaign planned to closely monitor "rural areas" where Democrats supposedly "cheat."
Justin Clark, a political adviser and senior counsel for the Trump campaign, specifically said the party planned to engage in such efforts in 2020, though he insisted later that his comments implied Republicans would simply be monitoring the polls more closely in the coming election.
"Traditionally it’s always been Republicans suppressing votes in places," Clark said in the recording, which was first captured by One Wisconsin Now on Nov. 21, as part of a broader 2020 discussion event, and provided to the liberal opposition research group American Bridge.
"Let's start protecting our voters. We know where they are. ... Let's start playing offense a little bit. That's what you're going to see in 2020. It's going to be a much bigger program, a much more aggressive program, a much better-funded program."
Clark was speaking at a private event with Republicans in Wisconsin. When confronted with the remarks he claimed they had been taken out of context.
Trump campaign adviser admits 2020 voter suppression plans
Of course they were. Everything you guys say is taken out of context when you've been caught admitting how you cheat.
Let the whataboutism begin.