Category Archives: chicanery
“Va., Md. Republicans follow Trump playbook, questioning his defeat and refusing to concede.”
WaPo:
“Why do people think I have to concede? I WILL NOT CONCEDE,” wrote Manga Anantatmula, the Virginia Republican who lost to Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D) last weekby 43 points and nearly 170,000 votes.“Please donate what you can… Continue reading
Must-Read Story Out of Florida: “Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money”
Local10 News:
Why would candidates for Florida Senate seats do no campaigning, no fundraising, have no issue platforms, nor make any effort to get votes?Local 10 News has found evidence to suggest three such candidates in three Florida Senate district… Continue reading
“What Is Trump’s Legal Strategy? Try to Block Certification of Biden Victory in States; Effort to get state Republicans to appoint pro-Trump Electoral College votes is a long shot, president’s advisers and election-law experts say”
WSJ:
President Trump’s campaign is pursuing a patchwork of legal attacks in key states that have been called for President-elect Joe Biden to mount a long-shot effort to try to prevent officials from certifying the results, advisers and lawyers… Continue reading
“Pa. GOP lawmakers to probe unverified fraud claims in election they largely won”
Philly Inquirer:
As President Donald Trump continues to question the integrity of Pennsylvania’s election while repeating unverified claims of voter fraud, state Republicans are once again seeking greater powers to investigate the voting process.Roughly two dozen House and Senate lawmakers… Continue reading
“False News Targeting Latinos Trails the Election; Rampant falsehoods evolved online on Wednesday, intended to make Spanish speakers question the unfolding election results and believe that President Trump was being robbed of victory.”
NYT:
The posts proliferated on election night before anything remotely definitive was known about the results of the presidential race. “Robado,” they falsely repeated again and again in Spanish: President Trump was being robbed of a victory. He had won… Continue reading
Life Imitates Veep: First Witness Giuliani Called Up at Press Conference to Talk About Voter Fraud was a Convicted Sex Offender
Politico:
The first person Rudy Giuliani, the attorney for President Donald Trump, called up as a witness to baseless allegations of vote counting shenanigans in Philadelphia during a press conference last week is a sex offender who for years has… Continue reading
Betsy DeVos’s Former Chief of Staff Confirms No Democratic Chicanery in Detroit Vote Count
Tim Alberta (linking to this Politico piece):
This is Betsy DeVos's former chief of staff. He spent years running the Michigan GOP's election day operations. He knows the Detroit election heads personally, has intimate knowledge of the processes there,… Continue reading
“‘Get to TCF’: What really happened inside Detroit’s ballot counting center”
Deep dive in the Detroit Free Press:
Chris Thomas, a former long-time director of elections for the Michigan Secretary of State, addressed the concerns of Republican challengers and debunked rumors of foulplay that circulated on social media.Thomas, who has worked… Continue reading
“Trump-linked figures have boosted #StopTheSteal movement”
Politico:
Demonstrations across the country protesting alleged fraud in this week’s election have ties to major conservative activist groups and MAGA personalities affiliated with President Donald Trump, according to multiple misinformation researchers.Many of these protests have been organized by… Continue reading
“Trump-associated firm helped send unmarked texts urging vote protests in Philadelphia”
WaPo:
A Republican firm run by a top aide to President Trump’s 2020 campaign appears to have helped send unmarked text messages on Thursday that urged supporters in Philadelphia to converge outside a building where local election officials counted votes.… Continue reading
Wisconsin Republicans Urged to Get PA Republicans to Commit Voter Fraud to Help Trump win PA; Never Heard Something Dumber
This is some really 4th dimensional chess stuff: Wisconsin Republicans solicit PA Republicans to commit voter fraud by sending in late ballots to make the election look fraudulent to cause courts to throw out Pennsylvania’s election results—after using the Supreme… Continue reading
“Armed Agents Are Allowed in Ballot-Counting Venues, Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors”
NYT:
The Justice Department told federal prosecutors in an email early on Wednesday that the law allowed them to send armed federal officers to ballot-counting locations around the country to investigate potential voter fraud, according to three people who described… Continue reading
“Suspicious robocall campaign warning people to ‘stay home’ spooks voters nationwide”
WaPo:
An unidentified robocaller has placed an estimated 10 million calls in the past several weeks warning people to “stay safe and stay home,” spooking some Americans who said they saw it as an attempt to scare them away from… Continue reading