[quote=@KnightShade]
This was actually doubly a poor choice of article; abcnews.com.co is a satirical news site.
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Goddamnit. I [i]knew[/i] that too. The writer is fucking "Jimmy Rustling." 

I just googled something like "Trump protestors paid March" and grabbed an article next to the ones with less credible looking names forgetting to check the date. I just remember this stuff so I half-assedly google because I figure others remember it too.

[quote]Two, you've not actually connected it in anyway to electoral rigging. Electoral rigging is a different thing, and a very serious accusation to throw around without providing evidence.[/quote]

This is pretty worrisome. We've dealt with it on the small scale since, like, forever. But the narrative Trump is spinning right now, that if he loses then the election is illegitimate, is the sort of thing that kills constitutional governments. We'd be banking on that narrative only catching up with his core and turning off moderate Republicans. That, and the military ultimately being loyal to the electorate rather than Trump.