Arizona election denier Kari Lake falsely accused Stephen Richter, a fellow Republican and Maricopa County election official, of stealing the 2022 governor’s election from her. Richter, whose family was threatened, sued Lake for defamation. She didn’t dispute liability (see story here), [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2024 Elections’
November 18th, 2024 - 5:23 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Kari Lake pays up for lying about election official
What the 2028 election might be like
The 2024 election was close, as polls predicted. Trump swept the battleground states, but in most of them, only by a point or two. The GOP picked up 3 Senate seats, all in red states, and may get a Senate seat in swing-state Pennsylvania (that race is undecided). It gained perhaps 1 seat in the [&he[...]
Kari Lake has no future in politics
Kari Lake tried to jump from the news business, where she was a TV anchor, to major political office without any political experience. It didn’t work. What happened was predictable: It was too wide a crevasse. She fell in twice, losing a race for Arizona governor in 2022, and a Senate race in [...]
Joe Kent is a serial loser
Joe Kent (photo, left; bio here), is an ex-military guy who tied himself to Trump and far, far-right politics who’s run for Congress twice in a GOP-leaning swing district that includes Vancouver, Washington, across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon. Two years ago, in 2022, Kent was slow[...]
November 6th, 2024 - 12:55 pm § in America, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Politics, Republicans
Silver linings in the 2024 elections
Trump’s re-election delivered a shock to Democrats and liberals, but all is not lost. First, however, a couple of preliminary observations. The pollsters were right; the White House race was a 50-50 tie. It really was close; Trump got 50% to 51% in all the battleground states. It was soooo clo[...]
November 6th, 2024 - 1:48 am § in Politics, Republicans
Did Dave Reichert get 45%?
Back in July, after the primary, I queried (here), “Can he break through the 45% barrier?” I didn’t know, but a couple of clues suggested no. He’d have no coattails, because Trump drags down GOP candidates in this state. Trump got 36.83% against Hillary Clinton in 2016, 38.77% ag[...]
October 29th, 2024 - 5:32 am § in Politics, Republicans
Kari Lake is still a weasel (video)
Kari Lake, a former Phoenix newscaster turned wannabe politician, is running for U.S. Senate in 2024 after losing a 2022 race for governor. Lake, a notorious election denier, persisted in contesting the 2022 results in court despite having no evidence; she not only lost at every step, but she and he[...]
October 27th, 2024 - 8:19 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Jerrod Sessler is unfit for public office
Jerrod Sessler, 55, wants a seat in Congress. He’s not qualified for the job. And he’ll probably lose. Sessler is challenging Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), who represents a central Washington district that includes Tri-Cities and the Hanford reservation, which means a lot of scientists, engi[...]
October 25th, 2024 - 5:49 pm § in Politics
Races to watch in the 2024 elections
Top of mind, of course, is the Harris-Trump battle, which needs no discussion. Thousands of other candidates are on ballots across America. Those who care about politics will be watching who controls the next Congress: Whether Democrats recapture the House, and what happens in the Senate. Nationally[...]
October 24th, 2024 - 10:05 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Ted Cruz ad falsely depicts Oregon HS girls as transgender
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, who represents Texas, is a pile of canine excrement. I don’t need to explain or justify that; his behavior speaks for itself. This is the guy who stood on a debate stage, staring like a deer in headlights, when Trump called his father a terrorist. He’s the same guy who[...]