Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, on Friday promised to prosecute anyone who committed election fraud, threatening to “go after them.”
“This is the year we do it” Lara Trump Said “We’re also sending a clear message to anyone who seeks to steal an election: We will find you, we will pursue you and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,” Turning Point USA said at its Detroit convention.
Lara Trump and other officials at the Republican National Committee launched a massive effort to mobilize thousands of “election integrity” monitors to monitor every step of the election process and set up hotlines for poll watchers to report potential problems and escalate those issues through legal action. According to the Associated Press, the effort quickly raised concerns that it could lead to harassment of election workers.
“What we need to ensure is the integrity of our election process,” Lara Trump said at an event in a key Michigan county. “We can’t repeat 2020, but we can learn the lessons from 2020.”
Her father-in-law, Trump, continues to refuse to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election, and he and his allies spread false claims of voter fraud, sparking legal battles shortly after the election and prosecutions for years afterward.
Trump’s allies have already signaled he may not accept the results of this year’s election if he loses to President Biden.
Lara Trump has also refused to accept her father-in-law’s 2020 defeat. April Interview She appeared on CNN shortly after accepting the Republican National Committee position and claimed Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election.
After Trump revamped the Republican National Committee, selecting Lara Trump and Michael Whatley as chairs, the party has moved in a new direction, encouraging voters to take advantage of early voting and mail-in voting, which it vehemently opposed last time.
Trump’s team has been working with the Republican National Committee to launch an effort to educate voters about how to vote early in their states and urged Republicans to cast their ballots early to avoid conflicts or unexpected obstacles. In a video, the former president said his supporters should make a plan and “vote however you can.”
