Three big reasons to fear the Trumpist candidates winning primaries

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Greg Sargent
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No more euphemisms. Say it clearly: These Trumpist candidates for governor and secretary of state are running on a vow to ensure that as long as they have control over elections, no Democrat will ever win a presidential election in their state again.

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Opinion | Three big reasons to fear the Trumpist candidates winning primaries
No more mealy-mouthed euphemisms about what this movement really represents.
9:11 AM · Aug 4, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/04/trump-primaries-doug-mastriano-kari-lake-big-lie/

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Here are three reasons to fear these candidates that should help clarify the real nature of the threat.

1. They are running on a promise to nullify future election losses.

These candidates are often described with mealy-mouthed language, such as “election denier” or even “election skeptic.” The implication is that they genuinely believe Trump won, or harbor sincere suspicions about our elections and can’t accept “reality,” as if they’re hostage to delusions about some mythic event rapidly receding into the past.

But that soft rendering won’t do. Let’s be clearer: They are essentially running on an implicit vow that, as long as they are in power, no Democratic presidential candidate will ever win their state again. No Democratic victory in their state will ever again be treated as legitimate.

Can it be conclusively proved that this is their intention? Perhaps not, but many are running on the explicit claim that they would not have certified Biden’s win, or that the certification process could legitimately disregard the popular vote, based on fictions about the voting.

Given that they are simultaneously running for positions of control over that same process, their meaning is plain: They would use that control to ensure that Democratic victories aren’t binding and are subject to nullification.

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1. They are bullies and need to be treated as such. Big talkers are just that all talk

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2. See january6th.house.gov