The Democracy Renewal Group and other organizations held Zoom meetings with officials to plan responses to potential election scenarios.
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unDivided with Brandi KruseOct 27, 2026
Multiple 2026 outlets report recordings of Zoom calls in which Democracy Renewal Group figures planned responses to a possible election-legitimacy crisis, which supports the core of the claim. The claim that these meetings included officials is thinly sourced and no independent fact-checker has examined it, so confidence is moderate.
What was said
… So there's, like, multiple videos that are put out as part of this data dump on the Illegitimacy Playbook, Democracy Files, but it all centers around this group, Democracy Renewal Group, and several other left-wing organizations who are having meetings with officials across Zoom meetings with officials across the country, with activist organizations essentially trying to plan and plot what to do if there is some sort of scenario where they deem that the federal government isn't accepting the results of an election, uh, or is otherwise disenfranchising voters in some way. …
unDivided with Brandi Kruse · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Federalist reports recordings of video meetings in which Danielle Reiff of the Democracy Renewal Group discussed a 'crisis of legitimacy around the November election' and a plan involving 'red lines'.[4]
Supports. Leaked-recording coverage describes Zoom sessions involving the Democracy Renewal Group, the Democratic Constitution Forum and RAD planning responses to a future election crisis.[2][3]
Context. A DRG-linked RAD planning exercise held in January 2026 addressed 'emergency scenarios' such as an election meltdown, and the RAD forum was held on Zoom.[5][6]
Context. The 'officials' element is only partly addressed: one recorded meeting involved officials (Horizons Project and Catalonia officials), and restricted memos from an Eisen-linked network describe contact with election officials, but neither is clearly tied to DRG planning.[6][8]
Context. All 2026 coverage traces back to recordings released by one researcher (DataRepublican) and partisan outlets; no authoritative fact-checker has verified the content. The 2020 PolitiFact item concerns a different, edited video and does not bear on this claim.[1][7]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated, 2 rated low
- 1Edited video exaggerates activist organizations meetingspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Leaked Zoom Calls Show Ex-USAID 'Democracy' Veterans ...blabber.buzz · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3REVEALED: Democrats say federal government ...x.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Democrat-Aligned Groups Threaten To Undermine Democracythefederalist.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports
- 5The Day After Tomorrow: Inside the Plan for America's 'Legitimacy Crisis'knowthetimes.substack.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Thread by @DataRepublican on Thread Reader Appthreadreaderapp.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7ROD THOMSON: Dems have a plot to overthrow the US government—and there's verifiable proofhumanevents.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8The 'Democracy' Files: Inside the Democrat Plot to to Use Midterm ...gellerreport.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news and Media Bias/Fact Check · cited for: context
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