Election 2022 Results

[Aldebaran]

Considering the the Republicans just elected the drag queen George Santos to Congress, I guess you'll have to keep waiting for that.

People who bring that up are just upset that a gay guy won as a Republican.

 

[NxNW]

People who bring that up are just upset that a gay guy won as a Republican.

Is he also gay, or did he make that up?

 

[Bradskii]

People who bring that up are just upset that a gay guy won as a Republican.

Openly gay.

 

[Aldebaran]

Openly gay.

Right. They're upset that an openly gay guy ran as a Republican and won.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Right. They're upset that an openly gay guy ran as a Republican and won.

I don't know about anyone else, but I am bothered by his life as a conman. I don't care if he's gay or not.

I think it's a *good* thing that conservative gay people are Republicans. Perhaps that would help drive the worst anti-gay bigots in the GOP to self-purge themselves from the party and return it to a more normal conservative party. (Same with Black conservatives and the worst racists or conservative atheists and the Christian nationalists.)

 

[Bradskii]

Right. They're upset that an openly gay guy ran as a Republican and won.

I think people are more upset that a guy who lied through his teeth to his electorate in order to get elected is not only still in a job but is being placed on various committees. Anyone who trusts anything this man says is asking to be made to look a fool.

He's lying.
How can you tell?
I can see his lips move.

 

[Aldebaran]

I think people are more upset that a guy who lied through his teeth to his electorate in order to get elected is not only still in a job but is being placed on various committees. Anyone who trusts anything this man says is asking to be made to look a fool.

He's lying.
How can you tell?
I can see his lips move.

But how many are upset about all the lies biden has told for the past 50 years, and then became president, and continues making up even more lies?

 

[Bradskii]

But how many are upset about all the lies biden has told for the past 50 years, and then became president, and continues making up even more lies?

I expect all people to bend the truth. None of us are innocent in this regard. Especially politicians who are generally under the spotlight 24/7. I'd be absolutely astonished to find a single one who hadn't embellished a fact or exaggerated a claim. Or even said something that was blatantly untrue for political expediency. They are people just like us and have all the faults that plague us all. But Santos?

Good grief, man. This is a whole new ball game we have here. His lying is pathological. He didn't simply add a flourish or two to his CV as we all might. He made it all up. You literally cannot trust anything he says whatsoever.

 

[Aldebaran]

I expect all people to bend the truth. None of us are innocent in this regard. Especially politicians who are generally under the spotlight 24/7. I'd be absolutely astonished to find a single one who hadn't embellished a fact or exaggerated a claim. Or even said something that was blatantly untrue for political expediency. They are people just like us and have all the faults that plague us all. But Santos?

Good grief, man. This is a whole new ball game we have here. His lying is pathological. He didn't simply add a flourish or two to his CV as we all might. He made it all up. You literally cannot trust anything he says whatsoever.

He might not even be gay!

 

[RocksInMyHead]

He might not even be gay!

Given the extent of his lies, I certainly wouldn't put it past him.

 

[essentialsaltes]

...meanwhile in a Phoenix court room (pay up election deniers!):

In Maricopa County, a federal court judge awarded sanctions in a frivolous lawsuit brought earlier this year by Kari Lake and Mark Finchem.
“Imposing sanctions in this case is not to ignore the importance of putting in place procedures to ensure that our elections are secure and reliable,” U.S. District Court John J. Tuchi wrote. “It is to make clear that the court will not condone litigants ignoring the steps that Arizona has already taken toward this end and furthering false narratives that baselessly undermine public trust at a time of increasing disinformation about, and distrust in, the democratic process.”

This is what happens when attorneys go along with Kari Lake's election delusions​

Opinion: Attorneys for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem just found out there's a price to pay when you try to turn a courtroom into a campaign prop.​

A federal judge on Friday ordered the attorneys for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem to pay Maricopa County $122,200 — money the county's taxpayers spent to fend off a “frivolous” lawsuit brought before last year’s election.

Last August, he threw out their lawsuit, noting that the pair provided no evidence that machine counting produces inaccurate results and no proof that a hand count of ballots would be more accurate.

In December [the post I quoted], he followed up by granting Maricopa County’s request for sanctions against the lawyers for bringing a “frivolous” lawsuit that “baselessly kicked up a cloud of dust.”

And on Friday, he socked attorneys Kurt Olsen, Andrew Parker and Alan Dershowitz with the county’s $122K bill, though Dershowitz is liable for just 10% of the tab.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Another Arizona MAGA candidate is done:

"A judge has thrown out Republican Abraham Hamadeh’s challenge of election results in his race against Democrat Kris Mayes for Arizona attorney general, concluding that Hamadeh didn’t prove the errors in vote counting that he had alleged.

Maybe now he's done?

Arizona Supreme Court sanctions Republican Party and orders payment​

Failed Republican attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh had asked the state Supreme Court to overturn his 2022 loss and issue a new trial.

[Hamadeh (and the state GOP) chose to appeal directly to the AZ Supreme Court, but there are rules, it appears.]

The Arizona Supreme Court's ruling said: "Because Petitioners were not only aware that they needed a final judgment to seek appellate relief but also misrepresented to this Court that they had sought such relief when they had not done so, and because this representation was the underlying premise upon which this petition was brought, and because all of Petitioners' claims for trial court error can be presented on appeal, we find that the special action unnecessarily expanded the proceeding and compelled Respondents to incur the unnecessary expense of filing their court-ordered response."

[So pay up, losers.]

 

[essentialsaltes]

I would be surprised if Brnovich files any charges even though it's clear, the supervisors violated the law. IMO, they should be charged in order to send a message to other government officials who think they can manipulate election laws....

Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd knowingly violated state law and should be investigated for potential criminal and civil offenses for delaying the canvass of the general election results, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' office stated in a referral to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

What a difference a new Attorney General makes.

Cochise County officials who refused to certify election now under investigation by Arizona attorney general​

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has subpoenaed the two Republican county supervisors to appear before a grand jury after they refused to certify the 2022 election results.​

Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, both Republicans, were served subpoenas last week by Mayes’ office explaining that they are under investigation and ordering them to appear before the state grand jury on Nov. 13, according to a Votebeat review of Judd’s subpoena and a Herald Review report of Crosby’s subpoena.

Judd said she doesn’t regret her actions, but she does feel misled by the outside legal advice she received from private attorneys. “They all used me,” she said. “And it makes me sad.”

Mayes has also opened an investigation into five open meeting law violations by the county supervisors, three of them related to elections. One alleged violation was Crosby and Judd’s decision to sue [county elections director] Marra. The two hired a lawyer to sue her without voting on the matter at a public meeting.

Judd said that County Attorney Brian McIntyre has told her he will not represent her.

Under state law, public officials and employees can’t be held personally liable for following the advice of their attorney. But in this case, the supervisors went against the county attorney’s advice.

 

[Bradskii]

Judd said she doesn’t regret her actions, but she does feel misled by the outside legal advice she received from private attorneys. “They all used me,” she said. “And it makes me sad.”

Poor girl. She was used. And now she's sad. Aww...

Could that statement be any more pathetic?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Poor girl. She was used. And now she's sad. Aww...

Could that statement be any more pathetic?

We The People gave her some good lawyers who told her "don't do that".

She wasn't misled. She wanted to do that. At best she was a willing accomplice in misleading herself.

In fact, Judd said at the time that she was aware she “might go to jail” for her vote.

It will be extremely satisfying if and when she does so.

 

[NxNW]

People who bring that up are just upset that a gay guy won as a Republican.

​

I guess that includes the Republicans.

Santos says he won’t seek reelection after release of ethics report​

House investigators found “substantial evidence” that Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) knowingly violated a litany of ethics and criminal laws, according to a House Ethics Committee report released Thursday that prompted Santos to declare he would not seek reelection next year. “Representative Santos’ conduct warrants public condemnation, is beneath the dignity of the office, and has brought severe discredit upon the House,” Reps. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Susan Wild (D-Pa.), the committee’s chairman and senior Democrat, said in a joint statement.

According to the report, Santos was given an opportunity to submit to investigators a signed written statement responding to the allegations, but he did not do so. Santos also did not respond to the committee’s requests for documents, to voluntarily testify or to provide a statement under oath. The long-awaited report las out the conclusions of the committee’s months-long investigation in scathing language. According to the committee, investigators compiled more than 170,000 pages of documents and testimony from dozens of witnesses, including financial statements, to reach its conclusion.

“Representative Santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit. He blatantly stole from his campaign. He deceived donors into providing what they thought were contributions to his campaign but were in fact payments for his personal benefit,” the report stated.

It continued: “He reported fictitious loans to his political committees to induce donors and party committees to make further contributions to his campaign — and then diverted more campaign money to himself as purported ‘repayments’ of those fictitious loans. He used his connections to high value donors and other political campaigns to obtain additional funds for himself through fraudulent or otherwise questionable business dealings. And he sustained all of this through a constant series of lies to his constituents, donors, and staff about his background and experience.” Guest will file a motion to expel Santos Friday morning, according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. The House can consider the motion upon its return from its holiday break on Nov. 28.


Another question might be, why are the Republicans still supporting Trump, who is guilty of much worse?

 

[NxNW]

Right. They're upset that an openly gay guy ran as a Republican and won.

They're so upset that they just expelled him from the House of Representatives.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Just to be clear, Boebert ended up winning only because her district is fairly solidly Republican, not a "swing district."

Given her peccadilloes and what-not, her district is not solidly Republican enough.

Rep. Lauren Boebert switches Colo. districts, avoiding likely tough rematch​

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is switching congressional districts ahead of the 2024 election, a surprise move that means she will avoid a likely rematch against the Democrat she narrowly beat last year.

The decision gives Republicans a stronger chance at holding on to Colorado’s 3rd District as they fight to keep their House majority next year and lets the hard-right firebrand run in a more conservative area, the 4th District on the opposite side of the state.

Boebert’s departure from the 3rd District eases the path for a more moderate Republican, Grand Junction, Colo., attorney Jeff Hurd, whom the Colorado Springs Gazette endorsed over Boebert this month.

The [4th] district’s GOP incumbent, Rep. Ken Buck, is not seeking reelection, but Boebert enters a crowded primary field, and one opponent attacked her for “carpetbagging” in a statement late Wednesday.

 

[durangodawood]

Given her peccadilloes and what-not, her district is not solidly Republican enough.

Rep. Lauren Boebert switches Colo. districts, avoiding likely tough rematch​

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is switching congressional districts ahead of the 2024 election, a surprise move that means she will avoid a likely rematch against the Democrat she narrowly beat last year.

The decision gives Republicans a stronger chance at holding on to Colorado’s 3rd District as they fight to keep their House majority next year and lets the hard-right firebrand run in a more conservative area, the 4th District on the opposite side of the state.

Boebert’s departure from the 3rd District eases the path for a more moderate Republican, Grand Junction, Colo., attorney Jeff Hurd, whom the Colorado Springs Gazette endorsed over Boebert this month.

The [4th] district’s GOP incumbent, Rep. Ken Buck, is not seeking reelection, but Boebert enters a crowded primary field, and one opponent attacked her for “carpetbagging” in a statement late Wednesday.

Lauren why are you leaving me???

 

[SimplyMe]

Given her peccadilloes and what-not, her district is not solidly Republican enough.

Rep. Lauren Boebert switches Colo. districts, avoiding likely tough rematch​

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is switching congressional districts ahead of the 2024 election, a surprise move that means she will avoid a likely rematch against the Democrat she narrowly beat last year.

The decision gives Republicans a stronger chance at holding on to Colorado’s 3rd District as they fight to keep their House majority next year and lets the hard-right firebrand run in a more conservative area, the 4th District on the opposite side of the state.

Boebert’s departure from the 3rd District eases the path for a more moderate Republican, Grand Junction, Colo., attorney Jeff Hurd, whom the Colorado Springs Gazette endorsed over Boebert this month.

The [4th] district’s GOP incumbent, Rep. Ken Buck, is not seeking reelection, but Boebert enters a crowded primary field, and one opponent attacked her for “carpetbagging” in a statement late Wednesday.

As the article points out, she had a fairly tough primary fight against Jeff Hurd -- and the polls were not looking good for Boebert after her whole Beetlejuice fiasco. As such, I'm not surprised she switched districts, though I'm not sure that she'll do any better in the 4th district than in the 3rd. It sounds questionable if she can survive the primaries, as she'll have to fight the Beetlejuice fallout, as well as the fact she is a "carpetbagger" who moved from another district.

The 3rd could still be interesting. I think Hurd could do well, particularly as more of a moderate; but while it is a Republican district (I believe about a 5% advantage), I think a lot of voters in the district may still want a change of party after Boebert's "representation" of their district.