In a predictably derisive post, WIRED (not a friend to conservative America) details the preparations of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, founded by Sheriff Richard Mack (read more about him in the links below) and currently led by Sheriff Dar Leaf, to protect the sanctity of the upcoming election. WIRED’s David Gilbert writes:
Leaf and a number of his colleagues in the Constitutional Sheriff movement say that they have “posses” to patrol polling stations, monitor for “illegal” immigrant voters, and help sheriffs respond to reports of fraud—or anything else—on election day.
Mack, meanwhile, has been the driving force behind the modern day Constitutional Sheriffs movement. In the last six months, Mack’s group has mobilized across the US, building relationships with powerful figures close to Trump, training armed militias, and laying out plans for when Democrats inevitably, in their view, try to steal the election. They’re laying the groundwork to challenge the outcome of next month’s vote—and recruiting sheriffs to help them assert control if Trump loses.
“In a swing state like Michigan or Wisconsin, where the difference in the state’s outcome is 50,000 to 70,000 votes, if a sheriff becomes an obstacle, then that could undermine that state’s credibility, says Will Pelfrey, a professor of criminal justice and homeland security at Virginia Commonwealth University. “In a swing state, that could undermine the entire national election.”
A WIRED investigation reviewed hundreds of documents and conducted dozens of interviews over the course of the last six months. We found that the Constitutional Sheriff movement believes it is the last line of defense to protect American elections. At conferences in Las Vegas and Florida, as well as online in group chats and Zoom meetings, their discussions often turn to how sheriffs can utilize their unique power in order to, they say, safeguard democracy.
America’s political system is built on checks and balances, and county sheriffs are a check on the imbalance of power that state and national police forces create. Read more from WIRED here.
Read more about Richard Mack and the Constitutional Sheriffs here:
- Protecting the People: More Sheriffs Join Richard Mack
- Sheriff Mack on States’ Rights
- Support Sheriff Mack
- Sheriff Mack Part II
- Sheriff Mack Part III
- Sheriff Mack Part IV
- Sheriff Mack Part V
- Your Sheriff Can Thwart Federal Gun Control Efforts
- The County Sheriff: America’s Last Hope
- Sheriffs Are Gun Owners’ First Line of Defense
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