“The underlying claims in the suits are based on totally unreliable data, shoddy methodology, and basically the claims are garbage,” said Ben Berwick, a lawyer at the non-profit group Protect Democracy. “They are also, in this case, brought by election deniers, in an attempt to spread a false narrative to mislead the public and undermine confidence in elections.

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    No matter how garbage the claims are they will continue to do damage and get people hurt. I have a very hard time believing in any form of free speech where this kind of speech is protected.

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      Yeah, it really seems that there needs to be some sort of consequences for this. I saw someone referring to it as “lawfare” for the first time, and I think that’s rather apt. This is attempting to disingenuously commit violence on the infrastructure of society.