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RandySF

(82,872 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:12 PM Thursday

Missouri volunteers say they were harassed by paid GOP canvassers. It's likely the same group accused of forging signatu

When President Donald Trump called on Republican-controlled states to redraw their congressional maps to favor the GOP, he created a windfall for Patriot Grassroots.

The MAGA-aligned — and Donald Trump Jr.-backed — campaign firm has raked in millions providing canvassing for the Republican party in states like Utah and Missouri. But its work has been nothing short of controversial.

Earlier this month, the Utah GOP terminated its $4.3 million contract with Patriot Grassroots after a county clerk’s office determined that hundreds of signatures the firm gathered in support of repealing the state’s ban on partisan gerrymandering were fraudulent.

Now, new reporting by Democracy Docket suggests that Patriot Grassroots’ canvassers also crossed a line in Missouri, where volunteers gathering signatures to put a GOP-backed gerrymander to a statewide vote said they were harassed by out-of-state paid agitators outside Kansas City polling places during the November 2025 election.




https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-volunteers-say-they-were-harassed-by-paid-gop-canvassers-its-likely-the-same-group-accused-of-forging-signatures-in-utah/

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Missouri volunteers say they were harassed by paid GOP canvassers. It's likely the same group accused of forging signatu (Original Post) RandySF Thursday OP
Another Case of Projection by the Addled Right, Unable to Actually Do Any Independent Thinking The Roux Comes First Thursday #1
Former Patriot Grassroots canvassers FakeNoose Thursday #2

The Roux Comes First

(2,256 posts)
1. Another Case of Projection by the Addled Right, Unable to Actually Do Any Independent Thinking
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:26 PM
Thursday

The ICE-watchers in Minnesota are all paid activists, ehh?

Yet another obviously laughable case of the clueless protesting too much.

FakeNoose

(41,047 posts)
2. Former Patriot Grassroots canvassers
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:39 PM
Thursday

... are probably finding jobs in the expanded ICE operations. I'm sure there's a large overlap in assigned duties.
And ICE pays bonuses too!

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