Far-right militias heed Trump's call for poll watchers, and law enforcement is worried
Far-right militia promoter Josh Ellis can reach more than 20,000 members across the country in a matter of keystrokes. Many followers believe, like him, that the presidential election could be hijacked by leftists, a Trump defeat would plunge the nation into tyrannical rule, and the United States is lurching toward a violent civil war.
Ellis, who operates MyMilitia.com and goes by AR2, for American Revolution 2.0, has advised like-minded citizens to stand guard at voting stations Tuesday as part of President Trumps army of poll watchers and, if necessary, to use force.
They are to be out there as patriots, not militias, Ellis, of suburban Chicago, said in a phone interview before he addressed an ``American Patriot Rally" last Saturday in Florida.
But if they see immediate danger of physical harm to someone, he said, they need to intercede and stop it.
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