Former President Donald Trump urged his supporters to "guard the vote" during the 2024 election, which experts say could encourage confrontations at polling places and intimidate voters. Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security advisor, has been using the phrase "guard the vote" in public communications. An associate of Flynn's, Victor Mellor, is organizing a group with the same name, which has established a "command center" in the same building as Flynn's offices, ahead of the 2024 elections. Experts express concern that the phrase's usage by Trump and his allies may incite his supporters to engage in intimidation or violence rather than prevent electoral fraud.
