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brooklynite

(94,635 posts)
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 05:32 PM Aug 2022

1 big thing: Deniers on the rise

Axios

An armada of 2020 election deniers is running in major battleground races. Lots of the candidates are winning GOP nominations.

The big picture: 54 of the 87 GOP nominees for battleground state offices with a say in election certification have questioned the 2020 presidential election results, The Washington Post reports.

Those offices include governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general, and members of Congress.
🇺🇸 The list of 2020 deniers includes:

12 of 13 candidates in Arizona.
13 of 19 in Georgia.
10 of 16 in Michigan.
5 of 9 in Nevada.
1o of 19 in Pennsylvania.
4 of 11 in Wisconsin.

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WarGamer

(12,462 posts)
1. Being an election denier is just showing fealty to TFG... I'm sure they don't believe it.
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 05:39 PM
Aug 2022

It's really sad when a portion of the population believes something so demonstrably false.

Bucky

(54,035 posts)
3. The only thing to do is to lean into this. Paint every Republican as a pro cheater
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 06:53 PM
Aug 2022

Doesn't matter if they publicly distance themselves from the election deniers, or if they just privately do so. Paint them all with one ugly anti-democratic paintbrush.

If we're going to save the republic, and that's the stakes that were playing for at this point in history, we will have to politically discredit the insanity there's no room for moderation on this point. If we can't beat outright insanity we're not going to save the Constitution from Insanity with half-assed measures

Bucky

(54,035 posts)
4. The only thing to do is to lean into this. Paint every Republican as a pro cheater
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 06:53 PM
Aug 2022

Doesn't matter if they publicly distance themselves from the election deniers, or if they just privately do so. Paint them all with one ugly anti-democratic paintbrush.

If we're going to save the republic, and that's the stakes that were playing for at this point in history, we will have to politically discredit the insanity there's no room for moderation on this point. If we can't beat outright insanity we're not going to save the Constitution from Insanity with half-assed measures

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
5. 2 things needed in the new GOP
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 07:34 PM
Aug 2022

There’s 2 things you almost need to believe in to be an elected Republican these days. You absolutely need to be 1 of the 2 or you’re toast in a primary.
It used to be: pro God, pro life, pro gun, not anymore, now it’s…

1) Pro Trump
2 Pro stolen election.

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