Trump's big lie is alive and well in California
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California Secretary of State Shirley Weber says GOP agitators who believe former President Donald Trump’s lie about election fraud are making jobs harder for counties’ voter registrars.Salgu Wissmath / Special to The Chronicle
Californians shouldn’t look at voter suppression as something happening only in faraway states, like Georgia, Texas and Florida. A more subtle, insidious form of the fallout from Donald Trump’s big lie about widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential race is permeating California.
The lie is gaining enough traction to alarm voting officials, starting with California Secretary of State Shirley Weber. She’s met with nearly every county registrar of voters since taking office in February, and many told her that right-wing agitators are making their job more difficult.