As Arizona Republicans erupt over Trump's lies, a big truth is exposed

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/17/maricopa-county-az-recount-trump-lies/

In recent days, Republicans have begun offering a comical new line of spin: The very idea that Republicans remain committed to Donald Trump’s lie that his 2020 loss was illegitimate is just your imagination. Republicans do accept that President Biden was legitimately elected, say these Republicans.

You can begin by full-throatedly denouncing the sham recount that’s underway in Arizona right now, and calling for it to stop, on the grounds that the outcome there — and everywhere else — is not remotely in doubt in any way.

The recount of Maricopa County ballots is only about casting doubt on the election’s legitimacy, and every Republican knows it. Yet despite this, or perhaps because of it, very few Republicans will call for it to stop. They should be pressed to explain why.

All this is crystallized by two things that went viral over the weekend. First, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Tex.) had an explosive exchange with NBC’s Chuck Todd in which Crenshaw piously blamed the media for keeping alive the idea that Republicans question the 2020 outcome.

“You guys in the press love doing this,” Crenshaw said with an oily smirk. Crenshaw disputed the idea that there’s “no space in the party” for acceptance of the election’s legitimacy, and blasted the media, saying it has “a lot of reasons” to keep the contrary idea “alive.”

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[Champp]

1. republiQon traitors don't want their vile treason against USA investigated

[Cyrano]

2. When reality isn't on your side, you stick with the Big Lie

That's the "game" that most Republicans are playing today.

The worst part is that, if their lies carry the day, American democracy is over. Most of them are more concerned with getting reelected than they are with the survival of American democracy. This is who and what they are.

There are, of course, Republican morons that actually believe the Big Lie. I guess that making room for these imbeciles gives them the right to call themselves "The Big Tent Party."

[andym]

3. The majority of the rank and file GOP voters probably believe the big lie

They have been gaslighted by Trump in unison with Fox News, which continues to this day.

[Cyrano]

4. We could really use a vaccine for stupid

[2naSalit]

5. +1