Well, when you consider Uncle Walter being Stalin's cheerleader back in the day (even winning a Pulitzer for doing so).
Posted on 08/19/2024 9:45:26 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Josh McKoon, the chair of the Georgia Republican Party, boasted at the state convention in late May that he had “very good news.”
Georgia Republicans had just orchestrated a takeover of the state election board, an unelected body that sets voting rules. With this new majority, Republicans could enact an agenda that would help former President Donald J. Trump win in November, Mr. McKoon said.
“I believe when we look back on Nov. 5, 2024, we’re going to say getting to that 3-2 election-integrity-minded majority on the state election board made sure that we had the level playing field to win this election,” he said.
Since the takeover, the Georgia State Election Board has approved a host of rules on certifications and investigations backed by right-wing election activists who claim, falsely, that the 2020 election was stolen from Mr. Trump. The moves underscore a sharp rightward turn for what is supposed to be an apolitical body and have alarmed Democrats, election officials and even some Republicans.
“Clearly, the Trump allies have learned their lessons from the failure of the attempted coup of 2020, and they’re starting earlier and attempting to burrow more deeply into the most vulnerable pieces of the election system,” said Norm Eisen, a longtime Washington lawyer and chair of the State Democracy Defenders Fund, a nonpartisan election watchdog group.
If there is another chaotic challenge to the election results this November, Georgia is shaping up to be a hot spot, as it was in 2020. Polls show a close race in the state. Trump-aligned election activists there are well organized. Republican county officials have already shown a willingness to adopt practices from the election denial wing of the party. And the state election board will almost certainly be at the center of...
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So to apply the Left's insane logic back on the Left: The NYT is guilty of inciting insurrection by suggesting an election might not be fair.
There, that makes more sense.
And not to mention Detroit, Milwaukee, and Phoenix. So just three other areas in addition to Atlanta and Philadelphia.
Well, when you consider Uncle Walter being Stalin's cheerleader back in the day (even winning a Pulitzer for doing so).
WHY doesn’t the NYT EVER TALK ABOUT LEFT WING GROUPS ???
Because they are A LEFT WING DEMOCRAT, SOCIALIST , COMMUNIST RAG.
DONT BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ IN THE NYT, ANYTHING.
“Norm Eisen, a longtime Washington lawyer and chair of the State Democracy Defenders Fund, a nonpartisan election watchdog group.”
Nonpartisan my Aunt Fannie.
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At the rate the left is going crazy, Mao or Stalin are far right.
NYT patties are in a wad!!! LMAO
“Nonpartisan” Norm Eisen has been donating exclusively to Democrat politicians for over a decade.
Source: https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Norman+Eisen
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It is an emergency! Those damned far right radicals are trying to force honest voting! Democracy is in danger!
Gaslight warning! 🙄
Yet when the Democrats do it and even do it illegally, its never mentioned.
According to the extremist far left NY Slimes, anyone to the right of Mao is far right.
Got it.
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