In 2022, Voices for Freedom made headlines when it was revealed that they were seeking candidates to run for local body elected positions and were going to help them but they needed to keep their affiliation to VFF secret.
It set off a number of copy-cat candidate runs - candidates who shared views on how vaccines were fake, the WEF was out to get you and take over the world, 15 minute cities were a ploy to trap us all and eat bugs for ever - that these candidates often hid from the voters.
On election night, about 2 dozen of these conspiracy peddling candidates ended up being elected around the country. And it’s no surprises that a lot of these candidates and people like them intended to try and manipulate voters into voting for them again this local election cycle - there’s even been planning documents created by sitting Hamilton City Councillor Andrew “I’ll call women slurs designed to denigrate disabled people and never apologise” Bydder on the path to victory floating around amongst these circles for a couple of months now.
But the plan from the man who claimed all Council staff are university indoctrinated shills for Klaus Schwab and that was part of a group of sovereign citizens that issues his co-workers with execution warrants over 15 minute cities, isn’t the only planning going on.
Groundswell is also now getting in on the action.
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