Democratic opponent of QAnon supporter drops out of Georgia U.S. House race
Source: WSB News
ATLANTA The Democratic candidate running against Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory and been criticized for other incendiary comments, is dropping out of their race for a U.S. House seat representing northwest Georgia.
Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal bowed out of the race for Georgias 14th congressional district on Friday. His campaign manager Vinny Olsziewski told The Associated Press that Van Ausdal was exiting the race for personal and family reasons.
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,902 posts)Talk about handing over the race on a silver platter.
paleotn
(17,989 posts)That district is fucking psycho land.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)If he was intimidated out... I don't think anyone should accept Marjorie's win.
japple
(9,842 posts)for a few years before that. I am an active member of the Democratic Party in my district and we have worked to get out the vote, to elect local members to city & county positions. All of this is an uphill battle against the entrenched redneck contingent who are likely the forebears of the KKK. We are trying our best to represent the Democratic principles of our party and our country against overwhelming odds. Please send good vibes and powerful juju to this area. We are under siege and need support. I hope we can get a candidate to run against that trashy gun toting q-anon nazi, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is now running unopposed.
mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)do you think he was threatened?
japple
(9,842 posts)He is a good man although I don't know him personally. I only hope there will be a candidate who can qualify for this seat prior to the deadline. Incumbent rep. Tom (Scumbag) Graves will vacate his position in October, so our district will be unrepresented for about 3-1/2 months before the new rep is sworn in.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/democrat-van-ausdal-abruptly-bows-out-of-race-against-marjorie-greene/KSN7FXCTSZGZHGW6GV5BUVP4TE/
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)perhaps more. Our Democratic candidates use their candidacies to serve the people of their district. They are not elected, but it is an opportunity to speak about Democratic principles and goals.
OneBro
(1,159 posts)From the link: "Van Ausdal faced long odds in the deep-red district. On Friday, he tweeted that his team believes a candidate can replace him. The Secretary of States office told Channel 2 Action News that the 60 day window to replace Van Ausdal as a candidate has passed and a new nominee cannot be named."
Initech
(100,105 posts)Seriously, fuck Marjorie Taylor Greene and Q Anon can go eat shit.
bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)(R) thinks she's got it won. That may encourage GOP voter no-shows. It may still be a long shot, but .... you can't surprise if you have no candidate.
btw, personal and family reason sounds awful close to serious threats .... just saying.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)reACTIONary
(5,788 posts)... that he is on the ballot already, and they won't reprint the ballots just for this.
So dissenters may not have to write in, they might be able to just vote for him.
Polybius
(15,492 posts)Their god Trump is on the ballot. They are not staying home.
Polybius
(15,492 posts)Their god Trump is at the top of the ticket.
groundloop
(11,523 posts)Speaker Pelosi is going to have another absolute nut-job to deal with, I have had to endure Marjorie Taylor Greene's ads on the radio and she's a lunatic.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)to caucus with the Dems.
relayerbob
(6,559 posts)Look, I get we likely won't take that seat, but he fucked up someone else's chance to get some momentum in the process.
As a Georgian *and* as an American, I find this very offensive, and he's right, he needs to leave
ck4829
(35,091 posts)any other "existential threat" has done to us.
Congratulations, Republicans.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)They can show photos of Jim Watkins - Q - and his pothead operation in the Philippines. Reveal that the Q App is a data mining device, wake up a few young Republican dupes who laugh the dumb laugh, thinking they're so cool, listening to GRU-fed conspiracy bullshit on their apps along with their dumb candidates.
They should be told that if they want Putin in Congress, keep helping Russian sponsored candidates and the paid off 5th Column Republicans like Mitch McConnell, hanging out with Oleg in Kentucky, reviewing new kleptocratic strategies while the country burns in climate hell.
JudyM
(29,280 posts)The ignorance. It burns.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)JudyM
(29,280 posts)It is stunning how many are either falling for it or dishonorably allowing it to happen. Hating libs is their raison dêtre. Youre so right, they need to be starkly shown the truth that they cant shrug off... or maybe nothing could change their minds, sliding all the way down to hell.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)That's why they need it in their face.
JudyM
(29,280 posts)But from interviews Ive seen and several conversations Ive had, they dont even seem to care if theres no logic supporting their views, or the harm that results. It seems like they live in a tabloid world constructed by fox and its ilk...
paleotn
(17,989 posts)in the district of Jebus, gunzz and child marriage.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)Successfully used terrorism in an American election.
He was threatened out of running, judging by the scrubbing of photos of his daughter on his facebook campaign page, I'm sure those threats involved her.
Marjorie's "win" should not be accepted.
TygrBright
(20,771 posts)Rather than getting into a mud-wrestling match now, the Dems will stand back, save energy and resources, and wait for Greene to self-destruct in some amazingly splashy and publicly humiliating way after the election.
This gives the democrats time to identify and recruit a really effective moderate who will play well in that deep-red district.
When the seat is vacant and the GOP is in disarray after the election, they will have their ducks in a row and be able to make a serious run for the seat while the scrapings from the bottom of the GOP barrel are snapping at each other like meth-addled rats tied in a sack.
approvingly,
Bright
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jcgoldie
(11,650 posts)delete that shit.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)I think it just encourages.
Schmice3
(294 posts)Just roll over and let that malignant Q Republican bring chaos and craziness to Congress. If the Democrats let this go, they've learned nothing from the past. Her presence will reduce everything to a circus.
cloudythescribbler
(2,586 posts)=
cab67
(3,009 posts)Any organism with a nervous system would work for me.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)Just pass out tens of thousands of flyers across the state showing greaser Qanon Jim Watkins' photo in his Philippines studio, with background highlights, and FBI proof that Russia's GRU pay him through shell companies, along with the fact that the GRU is exactly why Mnuchin blocked their payments!
If GA voters have two brain cells to rub together, they'd vote for ANY Democrat against their duped candidate.
Left is the founder of 8chan, Fred Brennan; and right is Q-Jim Watkins, both living outside the U.S.
JI7
(89,276 posts)especially in close races in order to help Republicans win .
cloudythescribbler
(2,586 posts)=
certainot
(9,090 posts)progressive nobody
(816 posts)TomSlick
(11,110 posts)Whatever it is and whether or not it has any basis in fact, it would be difficult to expose yourself and family to what may be coming in pursuit of a lost cause.