Donald Trump announced Sunday that Republicans plan to dispense a large “Election Integrity Army” to every single state for the 2026 midterms – invoking his debunked claims that the United States does not have fair elections.
In a message on his Truth Social platform the president appeared to attribute his “Historic Election in 2024” to the fact that the Republican National Committee sent thousands of volunteers across the country to poll watch or assist with election litigation through a volunteer program.
Not just some of the largest, the largest. No Kings makes up the top three
I think a lot of people don’t realize just how gigantic the US is and how much of a logistical nightmare it is to organize nation wide things, and how relatively little small groups of people can do to the federal government
The criticism of not starting soon enough is valid; this kind of mass action should have happened earlier. But it is happening now and people like the mentioned keyboard warrior dismissing that are hindering not helping
Complications to organize are part of the problem too. We need people who devote themselves to enabling protestors, organizing alliances, … people who are able to get online like Anonymous did back in the day, using voice transpositions and face masks, making threats to do some wild shit if need be. Do you guys remember when Anonymous made threats to shut down the internet if a bill got passed?
We barely need people to coordinate explicitly. Anonymous is actually a pretty good example, now that I think about it. They were completely unorganized. You were Anonymous if you claimed to be Anonymous. You made demands from the shadows, executed plans in secrecy, and claimed credit again from the shadows. People see this and catch on, eventually mimicking your framework under the same name “Anonymous.”
Earth Day, 1970, 20 million. Latest No Kings was 8 million. But still, No Kings accounts for 3 of the top 4.
As to starting earlier, you said yourself it’s a logistical nightmare. I would argue people got organised PDQ, all things considered.