How the debunked conspiracy film 2000 Mules became Texas Republican orthodoxy

Watchdog groups fear the film will fuel chaos in the upcoming midterm elections and could be a pretext for more restrictive voting laws in the future.

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Watchdog groups fear the film will fuel chaos in the upcoming midterm elections and could be a pretext for more restrictive voting laws in the future.

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Aggrieved anti-fluoride activists, low pay and an understaffed office eventually drove away all of Gillespie County’s election staff.

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Texas charity that backs Trump’s stolen-election lie has deep ties to Ken Paxton

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Debunked documentary 2000 Mules still weighs on political discourse across Texas

The film falsely claims that paid Democrat operatives known as ‘mules’ illegally deposited thousands of ballots with votes for Joe Biden into drop boxes across the country during the 2020 presidential election.

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How the debunked conspiracy film 2000 Mules became Texas Republican orthodoxy

What brought down one Texas county’s entire elections department? It was something in the water.

Texas charity that backs Trump’s stolen-election lie has deep ties to Ken Paxton

Debunked documentary 2000 Mules still weighs on political discourse across Texas