GOP chooses voter suppression over voter outreach

Democrats are working hard to get out the vote. From Vice President Kamala Harris visiting rural Georgia, to Gov. Tim Walz hyping up a union crowd in Milwaukee, to 34,000 Taylor Swift fans joining a Zoom fundraising call and entering their “Swifties for Kamala” era, the efforts are paying off. In contrast, former President Donald Trump and Gov. JD Vance stayed off the campaign trail for Labor Day, and Trump has no upcoming events on his schedule until Sept. 7. 

Instead of trying to get their supporters to the polls, the GOP is falling back on familiar tactics: voter suppression and unsupported claims of voter fraud. 

Leading the way, as usual, is Texas—though they’re not alone. But before diving into just how bad things are getting, it’s important to remember that while voter suppression is real, voter fraud on any meaningful scale is absolutely not. It’s been debunked and debunked and debunked. Even if you just look at swing states, or use the breathless reporting from the hyper-conservative Heritage Foundation, the numbers literally do not add up.