Scott Presler was further exposed in recent Wall Street Journal and Daily Beast and The Bulwark articles noting “Presler has faced a growing chorus of Republican critics who say he is overstating the value of his voter-registration work, particularly in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.” and recalling “an unsavory incident from Presler’s past in which he had sex in a Republican office, then posted the pictures on Craigslist.” The articles further highlight “They’ve laid out their evidence that his impact is overstated at Real$cottPresler.com, a website launched in April devoted to their gripes with him.” and “proof that Presler has “inflated” his claims about “the Amish numbers and dozens of other things.”
“There are other examples that critics trot out as evidence of Presler’s hype efforts. They note that he rejoiced in September after registered Republicans surpassed Democrats in Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County. “This is monumental, earth-shattering, ground shaking news,” Presler wrote on X. But as Presler’s detractors on the “Real$cottPresler.com” website point out, Trump won the county even when it had more registered Democrats—by 22,000 votes in 2020.
Presler’s critics also say Presler has been slow to debunk a popular claim circulated by his fans: that he registered 180,000 Amish voters in Pennsylvania. That’s a statistical impossibility: The total Amish population in the state is less than 100,000.
“Straka accused Presler of being a phony who faked his voter registration success and, in turn, weakened the party’s get-out-the-vote efforts.” wrote the Daily Beast.“He blatantly lied about registering 50,000 voters in PA. He lied about “delivering” the Amish to the polls. He raised millions of dollars based on these lies–but worst of all–he has made people believe that he has a magic formula for “flipping“ states red. “This deception just contributed significantly to costing the Wisconsin Supreme Court election a few months ago and a Pennsylvania Senate seat that Republicans have held..”
The Wall Street Journal wrote: “Among his specific accusations is that Presler’s PAC claimed to have registered 10,000 new voters in Pennsylvania before the election and then, eight days later, bumped the figure up to 50,000. Straka also questioned Presler’s claim to have registered droves of new Amish voters. Their turnout only increased by about 3% in Lancaster, the state’s most populous Amish county, from 2020 to 2024. Still, Presler’s legend was such that last November a fellow MAGA supporter tweeted a picture of him with the message: “If Trump wins Pennsylvania we all owe it to this man! @ScottPresler Registered’s [sic] 180,000 Amish first time voters. He worked tirelessly! Please send a thank you to Scott!” Similar tweets began to circulate. There are only about 92,000 Amish in the state, including many children.”
Scott Presler Claims He is Flying to LA to Help But Really He is Attending an LAGOP Happy Hour
In his X post, Presler claims he is flying to LA to help “recruiting thousands of volunteers and getting voter ID on the ballot in California.” but instead of doing that or helping ICE, he will be attending an LAGOP Happy Hour followed by Dinner:
