NEW From AJC: Election Denier Rick Jackson Says Military Should Monitor Polling Places During Midterms

Georgia GOP candidate says 'federal troops' will 'watch' midterm elections

According to new reporting released Tuesday, a Republican candidate for the Georgia governor’s office claimed at a campaign event in mid-August that the National Guard will be deployed during the midterms to “watch” for cheating Democrats. This is according to audio obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, in which President Donald Trump loyalist and donor Rick Jackson assured a Republican voter that “we’re going to have people watching out…

Republican overheard in audio claiming gov will surge troops on Election Day

A spokesman for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp disputes claims from the Republican gubernatorial nominee that he would deploy the National Guard to monitor the November elections.GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson made the claim during an Aug. 13 rally in Columbus, according to audio obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, when a nervous attendee expressed fears that Democrats would "cheat.""I know, we're going to have people watching out for…

Jackson suggests Kemp will use National Guard to monitor polling places

The Republican nominee for governor told a rally attendee that Kemp would use the National Guard to "watch it for us."

NEW from AJC: Election Denier Rick Jackson Says Military Should Monitor Polling Places During Midterms

AJC: “The Republican nominee for governor told a rally attendee that Kemp is ‘going to get the National Guard’ to watch over the midterms.” New reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Greg Bluestein reveals that Rick Jackson told an attendee at a recent rally that Georgia is “going to get the National Guard to watch over the midterms.” This shocking revelation comes as Trump has targeted Georgia in a wide-ranging attempt to overturn el…