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On the recordSeptember 10, 2024
The results of meritless requests and meritless accusations and false rhetoric is that people show up on my doorstep, when I am inside trying to hang Christmas decorations with my 4-year-old son, screaming into a megaphone, 'You are a murderer,' and. 'You should be arrested and tried for treason.'
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Jocelyn Benson
Michigan

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Benson discusses the impact of misinformation on election workers and personal threats they face.

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