Armed Extremists To “Protect” AZ Ballot Drop Boxes

Vice News reports:

A “patriot group” in Arizona called Lions of Liberty—which is closely tied to the Oath Keepers—is organizing their supporters to go out and conduct round-the-clock surveillance of ballot dropboxes during the midterm elections. It’s the latest sign that groups with clear ties to extremists, galvanized by conspiracy theories, are seeking to take matters into their own hands this election season.

Lions of Liberty is the “political arm” of a newly-formed nonprofit called Yavapai County Preparedness Team (YCPT), led by the former vice president of Arizona’s Oath Keeper chapter, Jim Arroyo [photo]. At a meeting in August that was posted to YouTube, Arroyo explained that they had turned the Oath Keeper chapter into a corporate nonprofit under the name of YCPT, which in turn gave them the ability to get a bank account.

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Ballot dropboxes became the central focus for election fraud conspiracy theorists and vigilantes following the release of Dinesh d’Souza’s debunked documentary “2,000 Mules” in May https://t.co/XxkU11jrJZ

— Tess Owen (@misstessowen) October 6, 2022