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usaf-vet

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Tue Feb 8, 2022, 03:19 PM Feb 2022

Opinion: GOP candidates add a repulsive new twist to Trump's 'big lie'.

Fake GOP claims of voter fraud to justify voter suppression are an old story, of course. But Trump added his own toxic ingredients to the stew: a more explicit focus on cities, to create a pretext for express efforts to overturn election losses.

So it’s hardly a coincidence that Senate candidates adopting this line are among the most devoted Trump sycophants in the GOP.

“Our concern is Milwaukee,” Sen. Ron Johnson, who’s running for reelection in Wisconsin, recently said. “This is one of these big Democrat strongholds that just can’t seem to get their votes counted until they know exactly how many votes they need.”

Good one, Senator. You know who actually did pressure election officials in Georgia to “find” precisely the number of votes he needed to overcome his deficit?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/08/republicans-2020-election-lie-johnson-mandel/

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Opinion: GOP candidates add a repulsive new twist to Trump's 'big lie'. (Original Post) usaf-vet Feb 2022 OP
Shameless liars, the whole bunch. blm Feb 2022 #1
Leave it to Ron Johnson to point a finger at Milwaukee. Yet ignoring republican strongholds that.... usaf-vet Feb 2022 #2

usaf-vet

(6,189 posts)
2. Leave it to Ron Johnson to point a finger at Milwaukee. Yet ignoring republican strongholds that....
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 03:35 PM
Feb 2022

.....have historically found "magic votes" to swing election results.

Use this Google search to see historical irregularities coming late from republican strongholds. https://tinyurl.com/bddymbhm

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