GOP Election Truthers Tap a Failed Politician and Conspiracy Theorist for Sham Audit

[Nevilledog]

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Stephen Richer—Maricopa Cnty Recorder (prsnl acct)
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Time for Dr. Shiva, a failed candidate (multiple times) and conspiracy theorist. Somehow that qualified him.

GOP Election Truthers Tap a Failed Politician and Conspiracy Theorist for Sham Audit
Shiva Ayyadurai is no stranger to baseless claims of election fraud—or to conspiracy theories.
thedailybeast.com
1:15 PM · Sep 24, 2021

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-election-truthers-tap-a-failed-politician-and-conspiracy-theorist-for-sham-audit

A two-time failed congressional candidate who has defended using the n-word and spouted COVID-19 conspiracy theories has apparently become a highly sought-after “expert” for Republicans conducting sham election audits.

Perhaps it is no surprise, as Shiva Ayyadurai’s baseless election fraud claims predate even those of Donald Trump. After losing his second congressional bid in 2020, Ayyadurai identified what he claimed was the cause of his loss: the mass destruction of ballots.

“Massachusetts Destroys Over 1 MILLION Ballots in US SENATE PRIMARY RACE committing #ElectionFraud,” Ayyadurai tweeted in September 2020, after losing his primary race.

Never mind that the ballots had not been destroyed, or that Massachusetts officials upheld Ayyadurai’s loss. His claim of election fraud foreshadowed Trump’s own claims of election malfeasance later that year. Now Ayyadurai, who backs Trump’s election fraud claims, has been hired by Arizona’s Republican-controlled state senate to work on an ongoing “audit” of the 2020 presidential election this summer, despite election officials there already repeatedly confirming that Joe Biden won.

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Background on the fraud expert for the fraudit.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

1. He invented Email, as a teenager....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Ayyadurai

[Nevilledog]

2. That's what he says.

Ray Tomlinson disagreed.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

4. as did just about anyone...

who can tie their shoes...

[obamanut2012]

3. Except email was already being used before his claims

So...

[marybourg]

5. Why do we cooperate in calling them "truthers",

when they are clearly “un-truthers”?