A majority of GOP nominees -- 299 in all -- deny the 2020 election results

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

A majority of Republican nominees on the ballot this November for the House, Senate and key statewide offices — 299 in all — have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Candidates who have challenged or refused to accept Joe Biden’s victory are running in every region of the country and in nearly every state. Republican voters in four states nominated election deniers in all federal and statewide races The Post examined.

Although some are running in heavily Democratic areas and are expected to lose, most of the election deniers nominated are likely to win: Of the nearly 300 on the ballot, 174 are running for safely Republican seats. Another 51 will appear on the ballot in tightly contested races.

The implications will be lasting: If Republicans take control of the House, as many political forecasters predict, election deniers would hold enormous sway over the choice of the nation’s next speaker, who in turn could preside over the House in a future contested presidential election. The winners of all the races examined by The Post — those for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, Senate and House — will hold some measure of power overseeing American elections.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/06/elections-deniers-midterm-elections-2022/

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See where election deniers are on the ballot near you

[ck4829]

1. But if they win, their election will be fair, OK

[oldsoftie]

12. Funny how that works isn't it?

I remember seeing Raffensberger on TV talking about Jody Hice, who was running against him as a trumper. He insisted the election in GA was 'stolen". Raffensberger reminded everyone that Hice, a GOP House Rep at the time, fully accepted the results of HIS race.

[Mister Ed]

14. More like, if they win, they'll claim they overcame massive Democratic fraud to do it.

Kinda like Trump in 2016. He and his supporters insisted that he would have won bigger if not for the 3 to 5 million fraudulent votes for Hillary Clinton.

[riversedge]

2. I feel nothing but fear as I read this.

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

https://archive.ph/HNPx1

[IronLionZion]

4. They claim fraud even when they win their primaries

and apparently all those congressional GOP who won in 2020 were fraudulent too?

Any GOP who win this year will be fraudulent.

MAGA voters should just boycott the election in protest.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. The GOP has been fully Putinized, began before the 2018 election, as Mueller clearly warned.

That the MSM (ABCNBCCBS) to see the connection is a failure of journalism…on purpose.

[Qutzupalotl]

5. Gift link to find election deniers on the ballot near you:

https://wapo.st/3rC7MDo

[Polybius]

11. Great link, thank you

[SWBTATTReg]

7. And I thought that the land of the 'walking dead' wasn't real, and in reality, it's all around

us.

IMHO, I think that perhaps Biden's administration could be a little more forceful in cracking down on those who have escaped prosecution etc. due to their actions on 1/6/21.

More specifically, I'm talking about those people in the upper echelons of tRUMP's 1/6 movement and reaching all of the way to tRUMP himself.

An insurrection did happen, but not the way tRUMP wanted it to.

Although the DOJ is currently going after quite a few of the insurrectionists, not all have been targeted yet, especially the upper tiers of those scumbags responsible, or who had aided and abetted these scumbags, such as Josh Hawley with his famous, widely published clenched fist in the air. He's tried to explain this away, but to me, this is a clear sign of his rebellion, his coddling of those invading the Capital building (and then goes hiding when the rioters actually get into the Capital (such a tall example of bravery, eh?).

The 14th Amendment and other tools are out there too, they are there for a reason...use them! There is one trial going on, that actually uses sedition and other such language among the charges being faced by this person.

[fescuerescue]

8. Standard Party line bullshit

Even the ones that fully believe the election is legitimate, must say otherwise if they want a shot at the nomination.

Ever since 2000, more elections than not have been considered illegitimate by a sizable portion of the public. I think only 2008 and 2012 have escaped skepticism.

Probably will be the case for the next 20 years too.

[oldsoftie]

13. And I wonder how many are the type who say one thing but really believe the other.

And once in office will revert to the "standard" GOP line from the Chamber of Commerce.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. They all pledge fealty to Donald Trump instead of their own country

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Republicans claim government is the problem, then try to make it so when elected.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

THESE are the races that will determine control of the House of Representatives:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217192221

Stick 'em up for a blue wave: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217078977

[Javaman]

15. and I bet a majority of those sycophants are just going along to get along and not get death threats

privately most if not all know it's bullshit but they don't want to face the wrath of the right wing zombies.

[IcyPeas]

16. Corporate Donors Gave $44 Million to Election Deniers' Campaigns

A new report suggests that despite the statements of outrage and promises to reevaluate PAC donations, corporate donors have continued to support members of Congress who objected to certifying the 2020 election.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, an liberal-leaning watchdog group, said on Friday that a new analysis shows that the 147 members of what it dubs the Sedition Caucus—lawmakers who voted against certifying Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss following the January 6 insurrection—have since raked in at least $44 million in corporate PAC donations to their campaigns. CREW says the donations came from 1,283 different corporate and industry trade group PACs.

Immediately after January 6, some of the biggest companies and trade associations involved with lobbying in Washington said they would stop donations to election objectors, or even stop making donations altogether. Despite these pledges, CREW found that of the $44 million donated from corporate PACs to election deniers, at least $12 million came from sources that had pledged to suspend donations to members who sought to overturn the election.

CREW found that the five biggest sources of donations to the Sedition Caucus were PACs associated with Koch Industries ($625,000), American Crystal Sugar ($530,000), Home Depot ($350,000), Boeing ($488,000), and UPS ($479,500). Boeing, Home Depot, and Koch had all paused donations or promised to reevaluate their donations after January 6.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/10/corporate-donors-gave-44-million-to-election-deniers-campaigns/