A week after the election, the Election Integrity Network, a well-funded group that has been at the forefront of the anti-election movement, hosted a conference to discuss next steps. Approximately 200 members participated.
Kelly Trotzko, the group’s executive director, said: “The red wave arrived so close that it’s important to remember that we have a lot of work to do during the festive period. “It’s important,” he said. According to a recording seen by WIRED, the meeting took place. The group added that the focus needs to be on future elections, including the 2026 midterm elections, and warned of vague election fraud conspiracies.
“Obviously, we’re not going to back down,” Trotzko said. “A new election is coming. Virginia holds it every year. There are midterm exams. A new election. [mean] new game. I don’t know what they’ll be playing with yet, but I guarantee they’ll be playing with something. Therefore, you need to understand what it is. ”
Cleta Mitchell, the group’s founder and former adviser to President Trump, has continued to push unsubstantiated claims that large numbers of illegal immigrants are voting in U.S. elections, even though the numbers have been shown to be vanishingly small. has been done. He said the organization had “a lot of work to do” on this issue and “hopefully the next administration will take this issue seriously.”
Mitchell and the Election Integrity Network haven’t stopped, but some groups in the election rejection movement are pausing to reevaluate and see what happens next.
Katherine Engelbrecht, co-founder of True the Vote, one of the most prominent election-denial groups that organizes dropbox surveillance and mass voter challenge, said last week that the group would be “inactive for a short period of time.” announced that it would be suspended.
“Our focus has shifted to supporting grassroots organizations that build local influence and advocate for common-sense reforms,” Engelbrecht wrote on his channel on the neighborhood platform Locals. Ta.
For Lindell, who approaches the rejection of the election with the zeal of a religious zealot, the thought of quitting now has never crossed his mind, even if his efforts leave him with questions such as: . I don’t have the money and I have to pay a lot of legal fees..
“I have to [keep going]If we don’t, we will lose our country,” Lindell said, adding that if he had to borrow money to continue funding his operations, he would. “I will never trust an election conducted using a computer. I will never stop until I have counted my hands and received my paper ballot.”
