### Roger Stone Urges Republicans to Deploy Armed Guards at Polls for Trump Victory

In a controversial move, Roger Stone, a long-time ally of former President Donald Trump, has called on Republicans to deploy “armed guards” at polling stations in the upcoming election to ensure a win for Trump. This call to action was captured in a video released by an undercover journalist and first made public by Rolling Stone. In the footage, Stone is seen expressing his lingering anger over the 2020 election and preparing for a fierce battle in 2024.

Stone detailed Trump's legal strategy of relentless litigation aimed at purging voter rolls in critical swing states. "We gotta fight it out on a state-by-state basis," he stated, highlighting ongoing court battles in Wisconsin and Florida. When prompted by the undercover journalist—who posed as a member of a rightwing voter turnout group—Stone emphasized the necessity for the Trump campaign to be ready for conflict. "When they throw us out of Detroit, you go get a court order, you come in with your own armed guards, and you dispute it," Stone asserted, referring to the chaotic scenes during the 2020 election at a Detroit ballot counting center.

The video, taken at an August event in Jacksonville, Florida, titled A Night with Roger Stone, also captured Stone’s harsh words for former Attorney General Bill Barr, whom he labeled "a traitorous piece of human garbage." Despite Barr's efforts to support Trump while in office, including advocating for a reduced sentence for Stone when he was convicted of witness tampering and obstruction of justice, he fell from grace after refusing to endorse Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud. "Once we get back in, he has to go to prison. He has to go to prison, he's a criminal," Stone declared passionately.

Stone’s vehement call for retribution aligns with Trump’s repeated pledges to prosecute his political adversaries, a promise that holds more weight following the Supreme Court's recent rulings expanding presidential powers.

The undercover journalist, posing as a member of Lion of Judah—a rightwing organization focused on recruiting election-skeptical Christians as poll workers in swing states—managed to engage Stone in discussion about their "Trojan horse" strategy. This strategy aims to place Christians in influential government roles such as Election Workers. Interestingly, Stone appeared unfamiliar with the group's leader, Joshua Standifer, or their initiative.