Another election denier wins an important primary

[NPT]

The New Hampshire US Senate seat held by Democrat Maggie Hassan was likely to flip red for a moderate Republican candidate like Chuck Morse, the state senate president. Then Don Bolduc, an ardent Trump supporter who has repeated Trump's Big Lie about a stolen election, won yesterday's primary.

In some key states (Pennsylvania, for example), election deniers have essentially taken over the GOP. If these election denier candidates lose, hopefully the party will finally dump Trump. If many of them win, we are seriously screwed.

Bolduc Wins New Hampshire Senate Primary, Realizing G.O.P. Fears

Mainstream Republicans are worried that Don Bolduc, a 2020 election denier, is too right-wing to beat Senator Maggie Hassan in the general election.

www.nytimes.com

These are the election-deniers on the Pa. ballot in 2022 | Friday Morning Coffee • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

A new report sheds light on the depth of election denial in the post-Trump GOP.

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I wonder how many "End of democracy" winners there will be next election.

 

[Bowlmania]

I wonder how many "End of democracy" winners there will be next election.

Why do you care?

 

[NPT]

Why do you care?

Same reason you care about election deniers.,

 

[anon_mya1phvcpf5x4]

Same reason you care about election deniers.,

Because you know being a sore loser and refusing to accept the results is exactly the same as people that think those who refuse to accept election results are going to be the end of democracy (SARCASM)

Hate to break it to you, but if elections start getting overturned by these people that refuse to accept the results when they lose, then that is the end of democracy.

 

[Sope Creek]

Because you know being a sore loser and refusing to accept the results is exactly the same as people that think those who refuse to accept election results are going to be the end of democracy (SARCASM)

Hate to break it to you, but if elections start getting overturned by these people that refuse to accept the results when they lose, then that is the end of democracy.

Democracy requires a respect for process over demanding a particular result. Results-requirement voters are the bane of democracy.

 

[Bowlmania]

Another Trump-endorsed election denier, Blake Masters of Arizona, has gone down.

A quick look at Trump's impact in other key races:

New Hampshire: Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, a winner by just 1,000 votes in 2016's Senate election and considered vulnerable this year by strategists in both parties, easily defeated her Trump-backed election denier opponent Don Bolduc. Republican Governor Chris Sununu, a Trump critic, won reelection by 16 points.

Pennsylvania: David McCormick, Under Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush, born in PA and longtime Pennsylvania resident, faced off against carpetbagger Dr. Oz in the Pennsylvania primary for US Senate. McCormick wouldn't support Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen, so Trump endorsed Oz who narrowly (fewer than 1,000 votes) defeated McCormick in the primary. Oz then lost to John Fetterman in the general election. In Pennsylvania's race for governor, Josh Shapiro crushed Trump-backed election-denier and Jan 6 tourist Doug Mastriano, who has yet to concede.

Georgia: Trump already has quite a history in Georgia. He cost the GOP control of the US Senate when Dems Ossoff and Warnock both won runoffs in January 2021. Democratic turnout far exceeded Republican turnout. Turns out Trump's attacks on the integrity of the electoral system was not a great strategy for getting his party to turn out in Georgia. There's a snowball's chance in hell that Trump will be allowed anywhere near Walker and Georgia for the next three weeks. Prediction: Warnock wins.

Nevada: Remains to be seen. Trump-backed Senate candidate Laxalt leads by 800 votes at last count.

The Wall Street Journal is right. "Trumpy Republican candidates failed at the ballot box in states that were clearly winnable,” said the WSJ editorial board this week. “Since his unlikely victory in 2016 against the widely disliked Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump has a perfect record of electoral defeat."

 

[ButHerEmails]

Another Trump-endorsed election denier, Blake Masters of Arizona, has gone down.

A quick look at Trump's impact in other key races:

New Hampshire: Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, a winner by just 1,000 votes in 2016's Senate election and considered vulnerable this year by strategists in both parties, easily defeated her Trump-backed election denier opponent Don Bolduc. Republican Governor Chris Sununu, a Trump critic, won reelection by 16 points.

Pennsylvania: David McCormick, Under Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush, born in PA and longtime Pennsylvania resident, faced off against carpetbagger Dr. Oz in the Pennsylvania primary for US Senate. McCormick wouldn't support Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen, so Trump endorsed Oz who narrowly (fewer than 1,000 votes) defeated McCormick in the primary. Oz then lost to John Fetterman in the general election. In Pennsylvania's race for governor, Josh Shapiro crushed Trump-backed election-denier and Jan 6 tourist Doug Mastriano, who has yet to concede.

Georgia: Trump already has quite a history in Georgia. He cost the GOP control of the US Senate when Dems Ossoff and Warnock both won runoffs in January 2021. Democratic turnout far exceeded Republican turnout. Turns out Trump's attacks on the integrity of the electoral system was not a great strategy for getting his party to turn out in Georgia. There's a snowball's chance in hell that Trump will be allowed anywhere near Walker and Georgia for the next three weeks. Prediction: Warnock wins.

Nevada: Remains to be seen. Trump-backed Senate candidate Laxalt leads by 800 votes at last count.

The Wall Street Journal is right. "Trumpy Republican candidates failed at the ballot box in states that were clearly winnable,” said the WSJ editorial board this week. “Since his unlikely victory in 2016 against the widely disliked Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump has a perfect record of electoral defeat."

If Nevada keeps going this way, we’ll get to watch another group of dumbasses dig around in panda shit.

 

[ButHerEmails]

Maybe he is a panda furry?

Maybe. It’s odd that he took enough offense to that comment to reply twice about it. I mean, how triggered do you have to be?

 

[Crayfish57]

Maybe. It’s odd that he took enough offense to that comment to reply twice about it. I mean, how triggered do you have to be?

What is really funny is watching you two fools slobbering over each other.

 

[Bowlmania]

Another one (Kari Lake) bites the dust.

There's a big election denier still standing down in Georgia, but he'll be tackled for a loss on December 6.

 

[ButHerEmails]

What is really funny is watching you two fools slobbering over each other.

That’s alright, some people like to watch, some can only watch because of performance issues. Which are you?

 

[ButHerEmails]

Another one (Kari Lake) bites the dust.

There's a big election denier still standing down in Georgia, but he'll be tackled for a loss on December 6.

I love listening to Walker’s rants. Truly inspiring frontier gibberish.

"If we was ready for the green agenda, I'd raise my hand right now. But we're not ready right now. So don't let them fool you like this is a new agenda. This is not a new agenda,". “We're not prepared. We're not ready right now. What we need to do is keep having those gas-guzzling cars, 'cause we got the good emissions under those cars. We're doing the best thing that we can."

If that doesn’t draw a tear and a salute, I don’t know what would. I swear I saw a group of angels in the background softly singing “his truth is marching on”

 

[BigDogMan]

I love listening to Walker’s rants. Truly inspiring frontier gibberish.

"If we was ready for the green agenda, I'd raise my hand right now. But we're not ready right now. So don't let them fool you like this is a new agenda. This is not a new agenda,". “We're not prepared. We're not ready right now. What we need to do is keep having those gas-guzzling cars, 'cause we got the good emissions under those cars. We're doing the best thing that we can."

If that doesn’t draw a tear and a salute, I don’t know what would. I swear I saw a group of angels in the background softly singing “his truth is marching on”

That quote still demonstrates a stronger understanding of energy policy than almost every Democrat in congress.

 

[twenty02]

Another one (Kari Lake) bites the dust.

There's a big election denier still standing down in Georgia, but he'll be tackled for a loss on December 6.

Lake did some really stupid stuff.... including spending the final weeks mocking McCain voters and thanking them for not supporting her.

McCain never won an election in AZ by less than 15 points.

 

[Bowlmania]

Lake did some really stupid stuff.... including spending the final weeks mocking McCain voters and thanking them for not supporting her.

McCain never won an election in AZ by less than 15 points.

Yeah. Loser Lake may have been the Trumpiest of the election denier candidates. As early as July, months before any votes were cast, she argued that the only way she could lose was if the other side cheated. Then last night, after the race was called for Hobbs, she tweeted - - in classic Trump form - - "Arizonans know BS when they see it." Finally, and as you've noted, her diss of McCain and his voters was beyond foolish. I guess she figured it didn't hurt Cadet Bone Spurs ("I like people who weren't captured, ok?") so it wouldn't hurt her. Idiot.

 

[Bowlmania]

That quote still demonstrates a stronger understanding of energy policy than almost every Democrat in congress.

Absolutely. It was even more insightful than his analysis of global air quality:

"Since we don't control the air, our good air decided to float over to China's bad air, so when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move. So it moves over to our good air space. Then, now, we got we to clean that back up."

 

[ButHerEmails]

That quote still demonstrates a stronger understanding of energy policy than almost every Democrat in congress.

If only we was all understandin’ energy policies as good as Walker done does.

 

[Bowlmania]

Another one (Kari Lake) bites the dust.

There's a big election denier still standing down in Georgia, but he'll be tackled for a loss on December 6.

Down goes Walker.

Trump-backed election deniers got their asses handed to them in key states.

The voters came through. God bless America!