That’s what Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes (photo, left) told his followers after Biden won the 2020 election. I don’t care whether he accepts it or not. He doesn’t decide who governs us. He gets one vote like the rest of us. He doesn’t have to like the election results; [...]
Posts Tagged ‘GOP Election Conspiracies’
Arizona secretary of state debate (video)
This office supervises elections in Arizona. It is being vacated by Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, who’s running for governor. The candidates are Mark Finchem (R), a Capitol rioter and election denier (see profile here), and Adrian Fontes (D), a former Maricopa County recorder (see profile here). Th[...]
Election denial is a strange disease
Matthew DePerno, a far-right Michigan lawyer, is running for state attorney general. He won the GOP primary with the tailwind of Trump’s endorsement; and as you know, Trump doesn’t endorse anyone unless they endorse his election lies. Of course DePerno (photo below) shouldn’t be el[...]
September 19th, 2022 - 10:39 pm § in Politics, Republicans
What’s wrong with this photo of an election office?
“A Republican county official in Georgia and operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump spent hours inside a restricted area of the local elections office on the day voting systems there were breached, newly obtained surveillance video shows,” CNN reported on M[...]
September 19th, 2022 - 8:17 pm § in Politics, Republicans
When is an “audit” not an audit?
We all know what an audit is. noun An examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy. An adjustment or correction of accounts. An examined and verified account. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Major corporations are regularly aud[...]
August 31st, 2022 - 9:50 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
This lowlife has a right to take the Fifth and probably needs to
“Former Trump lawyer John Eastman invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and cited attorney-client privilege Wednesday when he appeared before a Fulton County grand jury investigating attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia,” NBC News reported on Wednesda[...]
July 30th, 2022 - 3:55 pm § in Politics
How violent are Trump supporters?
On Jan. 6, 2021, they erected a gallows outside the U.S. Capitol building and chanted “hang Mike Pence!”, went hunting for Nancy Pelosi with zipties, used flagpoles as spears and threw fire extinguishers at police officers, and stashed guns in a motel room to arm a “quick reaction [...]
July 28th, 2022 - 11:34 pm § in Politics
Tina Peters coughs up $255K for quixotic recount
Rogue county clerk Tina Peters, who’s been indicted for election-related crimes, held in contempt of court, and ordered by a judge to stay away from her office (see details here), lost her bid for Colorado secretary of state in the GOP primary (see story here). That’s an understatement; [...]
July 18th, 2022 - 7:18 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Drop boxes weren’t a problem
“The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems,” KING 5 News reported on Monday, July 18, 2022 (see story here). Washington, which has 100% mail voting, uses drop boxes, but this report is based on a nationwide survey o[...]
July 15th, 2022 - 4:41 pm § in Politics
GOP plots revenge against Jan. 6 committee
“House Republicans are plotting revenge on the select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection,” CNN says, “as the GOP weighs a broader effort to re-litigate some of Donald Trump’s biggest election grievances if it recaptures the House majority.” See st[...]