Last week, a judge ruled that Kari Lake failed to prove she lost the Arizona governor’s race because of election misconduct. The judge wrote in his opinion that “every single witness” refuted her misconduct allegations, and her assertion that faulty ballot printers cost her “[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2022 Elections’
Kari Lake collides with reality and rule of law
Kari Lake (photo, left) copycatted Trump more than any other 2022 candidate. Lake, a former newscaster-turned-rightwing agitator who ran for Arizona governor, began squealing about a “stolen election” months before the voting even began. That probably was a calculated appeal to TrumpR[...]
Why crime didn’t work for GOPers in the 2022 elections
There are two kinds of “crime waves”: Invented and real. In the era of yellow journalism, crime was a circulation-builder, so newspapers played up crime stories when other news was slow. Crime might not have increased, or gone down, but the heightened media coverage conveyed an impressio[...]
Kari Lake loses election challenge
Kari Lake (photo, left) has lost her election lawsuit. An Arizona judge rejected her exaggerated claims of election problems, and false claims of fraud by election workers (read his decision here). As expected, the judge ruled the defeated GOP candidate didn’t prove Maricopa County’s ele[...]
December 23rd, 2022 - 4:58 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOPer tells a whopper
If you mention a Chevy pickup’s gear ratio in the presence of Republicans, you’d better get it exactly right, because they’ll set you straight. They know it to the second decimal point. But for some strange reason, when Republicans talk about elections, they’re incredibly car[...]
December 22nd, 2022 - 3:47 am § in Politics, Republicans
Joe Kent finally concedes WA-3 race
Joe Kent, the Republican who delivered a safe GOP House seat to the Democrats in the 2022 elections, finally admitted defeat on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 (see story here). “While I’m disappointed that we did not prevail, our campaign and our supporters have a lot to be proud of,” he[...]
December 20th, 2022 - 6:25 pm § in Law and Courts, Republicans
Kari Lake’s “power of prayer” flops
Kari Lake, who prayed for a legal win and got a tiny one, turned it into a big boast: The tiny win was the judge ordering a trial on two of her factual claims. Where her prayer flopped was his dismissal of her malfeasance allegations against Katie Hobbs, making Hobbs’ testimony irrelevant. As [...]
December 16th, 2022 - 1:11 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Joe Kent’s recount is going as expected
Joe Kent, after losing one of the very few House races to flip blue in 2022, requested a recount because of “the obligation we have to our supporters to ensure certainty about the outcome.” He spent $48,589.05 of his supporters’ money for this certainty. The curly-haired conservati[...]
Why Congress shouldn’t ban Trump under the 14th Amendment
Dozens of House Democrats introduced a bill that would disqualify Donald Trump from future public office under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause (see story here). It probably won’t make it through the House, and if it does, it’ll surely die in the Senate, although for wrong [...]
How to remain an unpopular minority party
Republicans don’t believe in elections, so it’s not surprising they’re not trying to win elections. Just for fun, let’s list a few of the ways they’re making themselves unpopular and pushing away voters: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed the Jan. 6 insurrection[...]