Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters scrubbed language on campaign website

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

(CNN) Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters removed language from his website following his primary win that included the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, along with a section arguing the country would be better off if Trump was still the president.

A review of Masters' website by CNN's KFile showed he also removed controversial language saying Democrats were trying to "import" a new electorate -- language that has drawn fire for mirroring far-right conspiracies that Democrats are trying to weaken the power of native-born Americans of European descent through mass immigration of non-White immigrants. Both stances were on Masters' website on August 1, the day before he won the Republican primary to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the closely watched Senate race. The sections were gone by August 26, according to screenshots from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

Masters's new campaign posturing comes as a flurry of Republican candidates nationwide attempt to distance themselves from unpopular or divisive policy positions, particularly about abortion and the legitimacy of the 2020 election, ahead of the midterm election this November. NBC News first reported last week that Masters attempted to tone down his position on abortion by removing from his website his support of a "federal personhood law" and a several other strict anti-abortion positions while releasing a video in which the Republican nominee took a softer stance on the issue.

A person close to Masters told CNN last week that the Republican candidate designs, codes and updates his website himself -- and that his recent updates to the abortion section reflect his desire to use his policy section as a "living document" rather than an immutable record of his positions. It's unusual for candidates to update their issues pages on major issues, and CNN has reached out to Masters' campaign about the modified language about the 2020 election.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/politics/blake-masters-campaign-website-changes/index.html

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Full headline: Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters scrubbed language on campaign website saying the 2020 election was stolen from Trump

[progree]

1. Here's an article about the vast toning down of his abortion stance

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142962047

And yeah for the Wayback Machine at archive.org. And one can request a page to be archived, i've done so a number of times, and it automatically happens.

And yes, they take donations. And I donate. They are on a short list of organizations I donate to, so that stuff doesn't disappear down the memory hole.

Both stances were on Masters' website on August 1, the day before he won the Republican primary to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the closely watched Senate race. The sections were gone by August 26, according to screenshots from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine

[yankee87]

2. Show your true colors

If you believe women are too stupid to make own health decisions, or if you believe that our LGBTQI citizens shouldn't have rights, or you're a cult 45 sycophant, be proud and loud of who you are.

These people have to have consequences.

VOTE BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ptah]

3. Aug. 25, 2022

Aug. 25, 2022, 12:11 PM MST
By Allan Smith and Marc Caputo
Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters softened his tone and scrubbed his website's policy page of tough abortion restrictions Thursday as his party reels from the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/arizona-blake-masters-backtracks-abortion-scrubs-campaign-website-rcna44808

[AZLD4Candidate]

4. his policy section as a "living document" rather than an immutable record of his positions

This means he's terrified and. . .FLIP FLOPPED!

[not fooled]

5. Puppetmaster Thiel moved his hand

inside his puppet, Masters.

[progree]

6. Another change in stance: Social Security

From this Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin LBN post https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217093424

When Blake Masters was running for the Republican nomination for Senate in Arizona, he floated what he called a “fresh and innovative” idea.

“Maybe we should privatize Social Security. Right? Private retirement accounts, get the government out of it,” he said at a June forum with the fiscal conservative group FreedomWorks.

Masters subsequently backtracked. “I do not want to privatize Social Security,” he told the Arizona Republic after he won the primary. “I think, in context, I was talking about something very different. We can’t change the system. We can’t pull the rug out from seniors.”

[mountain grammy]

7. He compares himself to Barry Goldwater

Peggy Goldwater founded Planned Parenthood in Arizona. She and Barry did big fundraisers for PP every year. They were strongly pro choice and she even was public about her daughter's abortion when she was in college.

Dems in Arizona need to hit Blake hard. He's a phoney!

[Omaha Steve]

8. Kick