Campaign 2020 Podcast: Extreme Election

FILE – In this May 2, 2020, file photo, people, including those with the boogaloo movement, demonstrate against business closures due to concern about COVID-19, at the State House in Concord, N.H. It’s a fringe movement with roots in a online meme culture steeped in irony and dark humor. But experts warn that the anti-government boogaloo movement has attracted a dangerous element of far-right extremists. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Expert weighs in on the potential for Election Day violence in U.S.

by: Ian Costello

Posted: Oct 20, 2020 / 10:13 AM PDT

Updated: Oct 20, 2020 / 10:13 AM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With just two weeks go go before Election Day, we have officially reached the stretch run in one of the most emotionally-charged elections in decades.

Now, as details emerge about a plot to kidnap and kill a duly-elected, sitting United States Governor, there are more signs that the divisiveness is getting dangerous.

Noted political scientist Joe Lowndes returns to the KOIN Podcast Network to chat about right-wing extremist groups, why they seem to be gaining in size and support, and the threat they could pose to the election.

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