Far-Right Election Groups Are Now Targeting Nursing Homes

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorElection season has found a new place to show up, and that's nursing homes, where some right-wing groups are making claims about the vote.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is outside one this morning.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside a nursing home just before sunrise, and the only people awake are two men with clipboards and a woman doing laps with a walker.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentInspired by new guidance from the Trump administration, these groups are claiming, with no evidence, that left-wing groups are stealing residents' votes.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNo evidence at all?

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentBaseless is the word Wired uses, and I have covered twenty years of front lines where the claims at least came with a map.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo who exactly is being protected from whom?

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThat's the question, Hank. The groups say they're guarding the residents, and the residents, from what I can see, were not consulted on the guarding.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentBehind me, the woman with the walker just lapped the clipboard men twice, and honestly she looks like the most organized person on this block.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe lap count is not confirmed.

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    Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm confirming it. Three laps, no paperwork. And the kitchen smells like pancakes, which is more transparency than anyone else here is offering.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAny stolen votes yet?

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    Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, the only theft I can confirm this morning is the good armchair in the lobby, and the resident who took it says she is not sorry.