(14 Jun 2024)
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Bloomfield Hills, Michigan – 14 June 2024
1. Republican National Committee Co-chair Lara Trump arrives at a “Protect the Vote Tour” event held at the headquarters of the Oakland County GOP
2. A digital sign at the event reads (English) “Protect the Vote Tour”
3. Trump and Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra interact with the crowd
4. A sign affixed to the wall reads (English) “Only Citizens Vote”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lara Trump, Republican National Committee co-chair:
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“But what we need to ensure is integrity in our electoral process. We can never go back and repeat 2020, but we can learn the lessons from 2020. And that's why Chairman Michael Whatley and I are here today, because we have pledged 100,000 people, volunteers across this country, to make sure that we have transparency and fairness in our elections. We want people feeling like when they go out and vote, their vote counts and their vote matters. Every legal vote matters.”

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ARCHIVE: Warren, Michigan – 21 February 2024
6. A volunteer assists a voter at an early voting site
7. Various of a voter filling out his ballot

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Bloomfield Hills, Michigan – 14 June 2024
8. Wide cutaway of RNC Chair Michael Whatley speaking
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Whatley, Republican National Committee chair:
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“You have to be in the room. You have to be in the room when people are voting. You got to be in the room when the votes are being counted. That's what we're here today to talk about. We want volunteers and we want attorneys in every room where votes are being cast and votes are being counted.”

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ARCHIVE: Detroit – 6 November 2020
10. Various of supporters of then-President Donald Trump protesting outside a downtown convention center, where ballots were being counted

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Detroit – 14 June 2024
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Janice Winfrey, Detroit City Clerk:
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“And they were unruly for the most part. They seemed to run amok. They tried to stop the process. They tried to intimidate the poll workers. They banged on our windows. Those are unacceptable actions and tactics, and they certainly won't happen again.”

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ARCHIVE: Detroit – 6 November 2020
12. The pro-Trump protest outside the convention center

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Detroit – 14 June 2024
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Janice Winfrey, Detroit City Clerk:
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“I'm a Detroit girl. And you're coming into my city, and you're trying to disrupt. Well, you weren't successful when we didn't expect you in 2020. Now that we expect you, well, I'm not concerned at all. They should be concerned.”

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ARCHIVE: Warren, Michigan – 27 February 2024
14. A worker sifts through a box filled with absentee ballots

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ARCHIVE: Warren, Michigan – 21 February 2024
15. A voter feeds a ballot into a tabulating machine
STORYLINE:
The Republican National Committee on Friday launched a swing state initiative to mobilize thousands of polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as “election integrity” watchdogs in November -- an effort that immediately drew concerns that it could lead to harassment of election workers and undermine trust in the vote.


Trump allies already have signaled that they might not accept the results if he loses to President Joe Biden.









Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey on Friday called that behavior unacceptable and said there won't be a repeat this year.





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