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Post by onelasttime on Nov 3, 2022 20:32:56 GMT
Then there is this guy Mark Finchem running for AZ Secretary of State.
“Republican Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem is running to be Arizona’s next secretary of state. Finchem is a member of the anti-government extremist group Oath Keepers, 11 of whose members are facing seditious conspiracy charges for their role in the storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Finchem was deeply involved in the so-called “Stop the Steal” campaign and was credited with bringing the campaign to Arizona. “Arizona started with one man, State Rep. Mark Finchem,” far-right activist and Stop the Steal leader Alexander told the Church Militant shortly after the attack on the Capitol. “I’m very confident that the Stop the Steal movement has taken over Arizona.”
Finchem aided Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in his attempts to overturn the will of Arizonans, hosting him in a Pheonix hotel to spread baseless theories about voter fraud. On Jan. 6, 2021, Finchem attended Trump’s “Save America” rally and then watched from the U.S. Capitol grounds as Trump loyalists stormed the building. His election denialism won him an endorsement from Trump last fall, and Finchem has continued to peddle the Big Lie. This February, he tried to decertify the 2020 election results in three key Arizona counties, and as recently as last week, he attended the so-called “Florida Election Integrity Conference 2.0” in Orlando, where he hung out with looney 2020 election conspiracy theorists. Finchem has also hired a lawyer who participated in Trump’s fake elector scheme.
Finchem, who will oversee Arizona’s elections should he win, has called on his supporters to monitor drop boxes in case of fraud. Right-wing activists are doing that just, accusing voters of being “mules” and broadly intimidating voters.
A recent poll shows Finchem with a 1-point lead over his Democratic opponent, Adrian Fontes.”
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 3, 2022 20:35:43 GMT
Kristina Karakoram another one running for Secretary of State in Michigan.
Kristina Karamo, a former community college professor turned full-time election conspiracy theorist, is running for secretary of state in Michigan. Karamo faces an uphill battle against current Michigan secretary of state, Democrat Jocelyn Benson.
After Trump’s loss in 2020, Karamo, a poll challenger, took to Fox News alleging that illegal ballots were tallied for Joe Biden. Karamo rode her false claims of voter fraud to the GOP nomination, getting the endorsement of Trump last fall before being chosen by the Michigan GOP during a party convention this year.
Last week, Karamo filed a last-minute lawsuit, seeking a court order that would reject absentee ballots cast by Detroit voters in the midterm elections. The lawsuit cites the widely debunked “2000 Mules” propaganda film, claiming that “the counting of ballots cast through drop boxes that are not effectively monitored.” Should Karamo’s request be granted, it would eliminate the votes of tens of thousands of people in the majority Black, majority Democratic city.
Karamo broadly traffics in conspiracy theories. Karamo has said that anti-fascist activists—and not Trump supporters—were to blame for the attack on the Capitol. She has said that evolution should not be taught in schools, and said that the LGBTQ movement is part of “Satan’s war against humans” and that its goal is “to indoctrinate society with sexual perversion.” She also has connections to the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, and joined fellow election-deniers running for secretary of state at a 2020 election conspiracy theory conference last week.
Though the gap has shrunk since September, recent polling show Benson with a 10-point lead over Karamo.
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 3, 2022 20:55:20 GMT
Then there is this guy that’s not on the list of 10.
Who wants to compare his resume to President Obama’s . Seriously?
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 3, 2022 20:58:21 GMT
Back to the top 10.
This guy is running for attorney general. Let me repeat that , this guy is running for attorney general. Now look at the bolded part below.
“Michael Peroutka, the GOP nominee for attorney general in Maryland, has made it clear that should he be elected, his right-wing view of Christianity will guide his decisions as the state’s top legal officer.
Peroutka has promised to not enforce laws passed by the state legislature should they run counter to his beliefs—and his beliefs are extreme. As Right Wing Watch’s Peter Montgomery wrote this summer, “Peroutka declared in 2014 that the Maryland General Assembly was no longer a legitimate governing body because its support for marriage equality violated God’s law, and that therefore none of the laws it passed were ‘legally valid and legally enforceable.’” Peroutka has also said he would not defend a Maryland statute that ensures a woman’s right to choose whether or not to have an abortion; he favors banning abortion without exception for rape or incest, stating, “You have no right to do what God says is wrong.”
Peroutka is also a former board member of the League of the South, a Confederacy-celebrating, pro-Southern-secessionist group the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated a hate group. In 2012, he led a meeting of the League of the South in singing “Dixie,” which was adopted as a de facto national anthem of the Confederacy during the Civil War and which Peroutka called “our national anthem.”
Peroutka has also sought the support of QAnon conspiracy theorist network. In April, he appeared alongside Maryland Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox at a gathering of QAnon conspiracy theorists called “Patriots Arise.” Conspiracy theorists at the conference threated to kill those responsible for “child satanic trafficking,” warned against an “AI transhuman” plot, and claimed Hitler faked his death.
Peroutka’s extremism isn’t helping him in Maryland. A recent Baltimore Sun Media and the University of Baltimore poll found that Peroutka’s Democratic opponent, Rep. Anthony Brown, led Peroutka by more than 30 percentage points. “
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 3, 2022 21:01:21 GMT
Next is Joe Kent running for Congress…
“Joe Kent beat out Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, who voted for Trump’s second impeachment, for the Republican nomination to represent Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District. He did so with the help of extremists.
Kent, a former Green Beret, was the favored candidate of the white nationalist America First movement. After Kent defended white nationalist Nick Fuentes following Fuentes’ ban from Twitter, Fuentes and the white nationalist “groypers” who make up the America First movement went all in for Kent online, boosting his profile among the far-right. But after Fuentes formerly endorsed Kent, Kent disavowed the white nationalist. Fuentes claimed Kent had betrayed him and that they had a formal arrangement—something Kent has denied. Kent did however confirm that a political consultant had set up a call with Fuentes and others as part of an effort to expand Kent’s social media reach. While Fuentes may no longer be a fan of Kent, there are plenty of other extremists who are still lending their support to Kent.
In September, CNN reported that Kent had given an interview to Greyson Arnold, a Nazi sympathizer and “lieutenant” of the America First movement. Kent had previously taken a photo with Arnold at an April fundraiser but denied knowing who he was. The AP also reported this summer that Kent had employed a member of the far-right Proud Boys: “Campaign finance disclosures reveal Kent recently paid $11,375 for ‘consulting’ over the past four months to Graham Jorgensen, who was identified as a Proud Boy in a law enforcement report and was charged with cyber stalking his ex-girlfriend in 2018.” Kent is also a close political ally of Joey Gibson, the founder of Patriot Prayer, a far-right Christian nationalist group whose rallies have descended into violence.
Kent claims the 2020 election was rigged, blames the Jan. 6 insurrection on “Deep State” provocateurs, and hired as his campaign strategist Matt Braynard, who immediately set to work in the aftermath of Jan. 6 repainting MAGA insurrectionists as “political prisoners.” Kent has said without evidence that vote by mail is rife with fraud and has expressed his eagerness to overhaul the election system. He has also promised to impeach President Joe Biden, called for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be arrested for murder, and supports legislation to ban all abortion without any exception.
Kent faces Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in the general election. While the district is solidly red, there is some suggestion it has moved to more competitive territory in recent weeks as some Republicans have thrown their support behind Gluensenkamp Perez.”
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 3, 2022 21:04:21 GMT
Another one running for Secretary of State this time for Nevada.
Jim Marchant lost his bid to represent Nevada in Congress in 2020. Like Trump, that didn’t stop him from claiming the election was stolen from him. This time, Marchant is running for secretary of state in Nevada with Trump and the GOP’s blessings, and he’s eager to correct the perceived injustices suffered by Trump and himself.
Standing next to Trump at a rally in Nevada in October, Marchant said things would be different with him as secretary of state. “When my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country get elected, we’re gonna fix the whole country, and President Trump is gonna be president again,” Marchant said. As Vice News reported, by “fixing” the country, Marchant “means eradicating mail-in ballots, doing away with vote tabulation machines, and binning voter registration rolls—which would force all Nevadans to re-register to vote.”
Vice reported that Marchant has close connections to those peddling the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory. “QAnon John,” who organized a massive QAnon conference in 2021, called Marchant a good friend. It was at that same conference, that QAnon adherent Wayne Willott, aka “Juan O Savin,” joined election conspiracy theorists Mike Lindell and Patrick Bryne and Marchant to announce a coalition of secretary of state and gubernatorial candidates that they say will “fix” future elections. Marchant has become the head of the coalition, known as the America First Secretary of State Coalition.
A new poll shows Marchant trailing his Democratic opponent Cisco Aguilar by about 4 percentage points.”
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 3, 2022 21:06:25 GMT
He’s running for Governor of Pennsylvania. This guy is a real nutball.
“Doug Mastriano, a Pennsylvania state senator who is running for governor, has built his campaign strategy around energizing and mobilizing every far-right element of the Republican Party base, including QAnon and election conspiracy theorists, abortion-criminalization zealots, Jan. 6 insurrectionists, militant Christian nationalists, dominionist “prophets,” and followers of an apocalyptic sect that worships with AR-15s. That strategic approach is underlined by his refusal to speak with mainstream media while appearing on shows and at events hosted by QAnon believers and gatherings led by other far-right activists.
After the 2022 presidential election, Mastriano took the lead in promoting Trump’s lies about election fraud and in attempting to get his Republican colleagues to contest the outcome. He participated in dominionist prayer calls about overturning the election in which he prayed that “we’ll seize the power” that he said God and the Constitution had given them. Mastriano’s campaign also chartered buses to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Since then, Mastriano has vowed to make every one of Pennsylvania’s 9 million voters re-register to vote and has reminded supporters that as governor he would have the power to appoint a likeminded secretary of state.
Although Mastriano disavows the term, his campaign is awash in Christian nationalism. He campaigns with and is supported by leaders of the Christian nationalist dominionist New Apostolic Reformation, like Seven Mountains proponent Lance Wallnau. At a Christian nationalist gathering in April, Mastriano declared, “In November, we’re going to take our state back,” adding, “My God will make it so.”
Mastriano has also been embraced by virulent promoters of antisemitism and Christian nationalism like Gab founder Andrew Torba. This spring, Mastriano did an interview with Torba, who contributed $500 to Mastriano’s campaign. The campaign then paid Gab $5,000 for campaign consulting; Mastriano has since said that was for ads. While Mastriano has tried to distance himself from Torba’s antisemitism, Mastriano has slammed his opponent, who is Jewish, for sending his children to a Jewish day school, saying it reflected “disdain for people like us.”
If all that wasn’t enough, Mastriano has also signaled support for the Confederacy, posing in a Confederate uniform at a 2017 event at the Army War College, even though 27,000 Pennsylvanians were killed fighting for the Union during the Civil War.
Mastriano trails Democrat Josh Shapiro by more than 9 percentage points, according to polling analysis by FiveThirtyEight.“
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 3, 2022 21:07:58 GMT
And then there is this guy…
“Sen. Ron Johnson, who has come under fire for his office’s role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is running for reelection in Wisconsin.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection revealed that Johnson’s office had participated in Trump’s fake-elector scheme. That scheme required state Republicans to send forms to Washington with “alternative” fake electors, despite Trump losing the electoral count in these states. On Jan. 6, an aide to Johnson tried to hand-deliver a false slate of electors for the state of Wisconsin to Vice President Pence ahead of the counting of electoral votes that day, according to the Jan. 6 committee findings. Johnson has tried to downplay his role in this effort, suggesting it was a “nonstory.”
Along with downplaying his own role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Johnson has tried to downplay the violence of Jan. 6, 2021, saying that it couldn’t be called an “armed insurrection” because the insurrectionists didn’t have guns, many of which had been confiscated earlier that day. Never mind that there were plenty of weapons in the Capitol that day, the death of seven people, or the injuries sustained by about 150 police officers. Johnson has also said that he was not afraid of the Capitol rioters, but that he might have been frightened had they been Black Lives Matter protesters. He has criticized investigations into Jan. 6, arguing that Attorney General Merrick Garland’s time would be better spent investigating Black Lives Matter protests. Unsurprisingly, Johnson has tried to paint his Democratic challenger, the progressive Mandela Barnes, as an extremist for his support of criminal justice reform.
Johnson has not said whether he will accept the results of the Nov. 8 election, saying he would feel more comfortable had Gov. Tony Evers signed voter suppression legislation passed by the Republican-controlled legislature. In October, NBC reported that Johnson’s Senate campaign paid more than $20,000 to a law firm that played a role in Trump’s fake elector scheme. Johnson’s campaign says it retained the firm’s legal services in case of a close Nov. 8 election and possible recount.
Though Johnson trailed Barnes in the spring, he now leads Barnes by about 4 points, according to polling analysis by FiveThirtyEight.”
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Nov 3, 2022 21:20:59 GMT
It’s an ignorant rant. I will never understand why people seriously want someone as unqualified as this man to represent them in Congress. I can’t believe he is the candidate republicans chose, but I especially can’t believe that he is so close in the polls. Warnoch seems like a good candidate. And polar opposite of walker.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 3, 2022 22:48:57 GMT
The why!
Why autocrats pick incompetence = to demand loyalty...
On page one..
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Post by Judy26 on Nov 4, 2022 0:20:04 GMT
I don’t often post on political threads but I want to clarify a point about John Fetterman. I have worked with his wife on several occasions to promote adult education programs. I speak and/or text with her regularly and have had conversations with John since his stroke. He has aphasia which was exacerbated by stress and the speed in which he was forced to respond when debating Oz. One on one he is very lucid and speaks clearly. His prognosis for regaining his previous fluency is high. His mental acuity is strong. His sense of humor is rapier sharp. I admittedly am a huge fan of both Gisele and John. If you don’t agree with their politics definitely don’t vote for him. But if your concern is about his mental acuity I can assure you that his health is improving daily and he will fight tooth and nail for the ideals he believes in.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 4, 2022 1:35:10 GMT
Judy26 thank you! I have no doubts.
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 4, 2022 15:07:47 GMT
Apparently this guy hasn’t noticed Secretary Pete traveling around the country handing out money for various infrastructure projects. If has noticed I wonder where he thinks the money is coming from?
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 4, 2022 15:22:08 GMT
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Post by Merge on Nov 4, 2022 15:24:52 GMT
Apparently this guy hasn’t noticed Secretary Pete traveling around the country handing out money for various infrastructure projects. If has noticed I wonder where he thinks the money is coming from? The GOP assumption with tax dollars is that they're always going to benefit someone else.
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 4, 2022 15:33:40 GMT
Apparently this guy hasn’t noticed Secretary Pete traveling around the country handing out money for various infrastructure projects. If has noticed I wonder where he thinks the money is coming from? The GOP assumption with tax dollars is that they're always going to benefit someone else. If those who vote Republican believe that, especially when it comes to the infrastructure , then it proves what I have been saying that they aren’t the brightest 💡 on the block.
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 4, 2022 16:19:03 GMT
If he was running for office in CA I wouldn’t have any problem voting for him. But his stroke is a small blip, but the reality is anyone can just drop dead with no warning. So while his stroke is a blip, it’s not a biggie.
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Post by onelasttime on Nov 4, 2022 17:37:02 GMT
She is a real piece of work.
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Post by Gem Girl on Nov 4, 2022 18:21:10 GMT
She is a real piece of work. These people have me nearly smashing my skull against a wall. It's bad enough that they make up outright lies, but many of them don't even make any sense. Sigh. Campaign season is always tedious, but this time it's also maddening.
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Post by sideways on Nov 4, 2022 18:28:52 GMT
Pretty ironic that the hate-filled, white-supremacist on the thread is accusing others of hate. Of course they think Kari Lake would make a “fine governor”.
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