Key Trump ally Mike Flynn suggested to followers that Dominion Voting System machines should be destroyed like tea was during the Boston Tea Party. 

Flynn is a right-wing commentator and disgraced former national security adviser who spreads conspiracy theories and toxic rhetoric. He is also a close ally of Donald Trump — the former president said last year that Flynn would return to the White House if he wins in 2024. And CNN reported that “multiple foreign diplomats tell CNN they see Flynn as someone who will have influence if the former president retakes the White House and have privately speculated that he could be tapped for another high-level position if that comes to pass.” 

The Michigan Department of State recently reported that a programming issue may cause a delay for people using a “Dominion Voter Assist Terminals (VATs) that will not stop voters using a VAT from marking their ballot but may make it more inconvenient than normal for some voters.” The department “wrote that some of the terminals the state uses for people with disabilities present an error message” in cases when “the voter selects the ‘straight party’ option but casts ballots for candidates of different parties.” (Dominion’s statement on the issue is here.) 

Flynn responded to a video of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson discussing the issue by writing last night: “Like dumping British tea into Boston harbor, these machines should be melted down and turned into prison bars!” 

Election deniers including Flynn have falsely targeted Dominion voting machines as being part of a nefarious plot to rig elections. In a recent deposition related to Dominion, Flynn himself “acknowledged there was no evidence to support a key part of some election fraud claims — that an executive at Dominion Voting Systems helped rig the 2020 election through the company’s voting machines.” 

Flynn has also recently latched onto the conspiracy theory that a Pennsylvania ABC affiliate mistakenly showing test election results on-screen could mean that the election is rigged for Vice President Kamala Harris. He wrote: “Her campaign and the media are keep the ‘polls’ and this race ‘close’ so they can plausibly deny the victory to trump. A total set up. What is going on here ABC???” He also made similar remarks about ABC on an October 30 “Election Security” call streamed on Rumble.