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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

The latest threat to democracy? A Trump-backed candidate willing to ‘find extra votes’

Michigan Secretary of State candidate Kristina Karamo speaks at the Michigan state capitol on 12 October 2021 in Lansing, Michigan.
Michigan secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo speaks at the Michigan state capitol on 12 October 2021 in Lansing. Photograph: Nic Antaya/Getty Images

Donald Trump will return to Michigan on Saturday for his first visit since November 2020 when he spent the final hours of his presidential election campaign desperately trying to hold on to the state and fend off nationwide defeat to his Democratic rival Joe Biden.

This time his visit will be motivated by an attempt to forge a path to victory in the 2024 presidential election, in which he has hinted he may run again. If that is his intention, he is going about it in a very irregular fashion.

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