They were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it. And they believe the public needs to understand the system’s fragility in order to ensure that democracy in America endures.
Basically they're trying to steal Trump's thunder with this fabrication. "We're the heroes, Orange Man was going to rig the election."
There was also this anti-1st Amendment gem further down in the article: "Laura Quinn, a veteran progressive operative who co-founded Catalist, began studying this problem a few years ago. She piloted a nameless, secret project, which she has never before publicly discussed, that tracked disinformation online and tried to figure out how to combat it. ... The solution, she concluded, was to pressure platforms to enforce their rules, both by removing content or accounts that spread disinformation and by more aggressively policing it in the first place."
Basically they're trying to steal Trump's thunder with this fabrication. "We're the heroes, Orange Man was going to rig the election."
Excellent point.
Rigged for your pleasure.
Fuck trannies
Fuck jannies
Fuck riggers
There was also this anti-1st Amendment gem further down in the article: "Laura Quinn, a veteran progressive operative who co-founded Catalist, began studying this problem a few years ago. She piloted a nameless, secret project, which she has never before publicly discussed, that tracked disinformation online and tried to figure out how to combat it. ... The solution, she concluded, was to pressure platforms to enforce their rules, both by removing content or accounts that spread disinformation and by more aggressively policing it in the first place."
Why can't they combat "disinformation" with the Truth?
Oh wait...