Posted on 12/22/2022 8:24:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
During day 2 of the Kari Lake election trial in Phoenix, Arizona, Maricopa County attorney Tom Liddy argued that it was “political malpractice” for a campaign to tell voters to vote in person on election day instead of voting early, and that “you reap what you sow,” meaning that Lake’s campaign lost because of strategy, not because of a printer malfunction error that rendered the ballots incapable of being machine read, long lines that led to voters being unable to vote, or other malignantly incompetent actions on behalf of Maricopa County officials.
Now, playing devil’s advocate, it may well be that even with all of the malignant incompetence on behalf of the county that Hobbs still won. However, for a county attorney to excuse all of that away with references to those who want answers as “election deniers” who shouldn’t have any expectation of working voting machines on Election Day is reprehensible.
Maricopa County has now officially shown its hand. They HATE voters that choose to vote on election day @KariLake @KariLakeWarRoom pic.twitter.com/13Vq0Rivja
— George (@BehizyTweets) December 22, 2022
During his closing argument, Liddy said:
But those errors, or those mishaps by machines, if you will, the effect that had on election day voters was compounded, Your Honor, not by intentional misconduct by any employee or anybody under the control of Maricopa County, but by months and months and months of communication from the current leadership of the Republican Party of Arizona and the communications specialists of the Kari Lake for Governor campaign that said, do not vote early. Even if…you got an early ballot, don’t mail it, don’t drop it off at the drop box, 2000 Mules…go on election day and vote in person.
And Lord forbid, don’t ever put your ballot in the drop box, in the ballot box, or in drawer number 3, because there’s something very scary about drawer number 3, which is nothing but a ballot box. That’s what people all over the world do with their ballots. Vote it and stick it in the ballot box. But people were terrorized by that on election day. That’s not on Maricopa County. That’s on the Kari Lake for Governor campaign. That’s on the Dr. Kelli Ward-led Arizona Republican Party communications apparatus.
So we did not see — two days of testimony and all of those affidavits came in — evidence of a botched election. We saw evidence of a botched campaign, political malpractice. Who goes out and tells their voters, don’t vote on day one of early voting, day two, day three, all the way up to day 26 of early voting. Wait until the last second. That’s political malpractice. You reap what you sow.
Your Honor, the burden has not been met. When people come into this courtroom without evidence, there should be a day of reckoning. And this has been happening all over the country, Your Honor, and it’s gotta stop, and it’s gotta stop right now, and the place to stop it is right here in your courtroom, Your Honor, right here in Mesa, Arizona. This has gotta stop.
We’ve gotta get back to respecting elections, because that’s all we have, Your Honor. Different religions, different creeds, different ethnicities, different backgrounds, there’s only one thing that makes us Americans, and that’s, we believe in choosing our own election — our own rulers, our own governors, our own mayors, our own presidents, and we do that through elections.
He’s got a slightly warped understanding of what makes us Americans, and an even more warped view of what we’re voting for when we cast our ballots, but we’ll set all that aside for a moment.
What exactly does counsel mean by “without evidence”? Simply because he doesn’t agree with the evidence doesn’t mean that there is no evidence. On Wednesday, we learned that a printer setting error caused 42.5 percent of 113 ballots examined by Lake’s team to be invalid, because they were 19-inch ballots produced on 20-inch paper. On Thursday we learned more about that issue; Scott Jarrett admitted “under oath [that the] ballot fit to print issue was known and is being investigated but Maricopa County never informed the public.”
KARI LAKE TRIAL: AZ Co Elections Director – Scott Jarrett admits under oath ballot fit to print issue was known and is being investigated but Maricopa County never informed the public
This would suggest Katie Hobbs certified an election with ongoing printer issue investigations pic.twitter.com/ibEP4n006f
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) December 22, 2022
We also learned that the ballot on demand printers (which they have to use because people from throughout the county can vote at any vote center) had issues on Election Day and that the county’s root cause analysis has not been completed as of this time.
KARI LAKE TRIAL: AZ Co Elections Director – Scott Jarrett is back and admits under oath that ballot on demand printers had issues on Election Day and they are STILL in the middle of their root cause analysis of the printer issues to this day pic.twitter.com/3t6ZmX0uRX
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) December 22, 2022
And, we learned that the printer setting changes that caused the shrink-to-fit issue were enacted on Election Day.
.@KariLake Attorney Kurt Olson:
"Is it your testimony that the printer set changes that led to the so-called "shrink to fit" issue was that done on Election Day?"
Maricopa County Elections Director Scott Jarrett:
"That's correct." pic.twitter.com/JfZ3Wf4Mj6
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) December 22, 2022
Is there no way that they could have figured out sometime during the 12 hours the polls were open? The issue was noted almost immediately after polls opened.
This is just one small part of what came out during the trial.
As far as the Hobbs/Maricopa County team, their main expert is a professor at the University of Wisconsin who relied on the accuracy of the data that Maricopa County gave to him and wasn’t even in Maricopa County on Election Day. Well, of course the data that they gave the expert is going to say what they want it to say. Why wouldn’t it? Without any independent investigation of the accuracy of that evidence, there’s no way to have confidence in a single conclusion the expert drew.
Closing arguments wrapped up around 5:30 PM Arizona time, and Judge Peter Thompson informed the parties he will take the matter under advisement and issue a ruling “forthwith.”
Pure evil.
Unbelievable.
So if you vote ON ELECTION DAY it’s your fault if your vote doesn’t count.
-PJ
The most chutzpah heard in court since the parricide pleaded for mercy on account of being an orphan.
The printer changes were done ON ELECTION DAY? And that change basically invalidated 42% of the ballots?
IF I am the judge, I issue a ruling that orders:
1. The certification of the November Election in Maricopa County is revoked.
2. A new Election is ordered for Maricopa County.
3. Testing of ALL voting machines is to be completed at least 1 week prior to the election. Candidate representatives from both sides must be allowed to witness the tests. Both sides must agree to test results for each machine.
4. Machines will be sealed, software will be “Quarantined” and NO CHANGES allowed.
5. No mail-in ballots. All voting by machine on that day.
How DARE you want to vote on election day!!
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“The most chutzpah heard in court since the parricide pleaded for mercy on account of being an orphan.”
I was wishing there would appear over the judge’s head a callout bubble showing what he was thinking.
Also, remove all Maricopa Elections personnel, and contract with Florida’s SOS and Elections personnel to run the special election.
Gates, Richer, etc., can be escorted to their polling places, vote, and immediately escorted home again after voting.
IOW they literally have zero defense.
If this one is lost it is going to be very poor.
Liddy is a rotten to the core commie pig. That isn’t the way electoons are supposed to work you maggot.
I think he was having a bitchy hissy fit because he realized Kari’s team had trounced Hobbs’ team. His arrogance never allowed him to even consider that possibility.
If his old man was still alive he’d want to kick his ass.
Only a bottom feeding, low life shyster lawyer would say people who vote on election day are the reason they are screwed over by the Marxist RATS at the polls. What a scumbag. Only a demented lawyer would pimp that kind of an excuse to steal elections.
...and then disown him.
I agree, the "G-Man," would take him out to the wood shed.
Loved listening to that man on the radio, always talking about the different guns / weapons that Mrs. Liddy would purchase. That lady sure did own a lot of weapons. Wink, wink!!!
For those who may not know, the "G-Man," a.k.a. Gordon Liddy, was a convicted felon, (Watergate Break-in) and as such he couldn't legally own a firearm, but Mrs. Liddy sure could.
His "Stacked & Packed" calendars were a hoot!
Tom Liddy: it’s all your fault if you trusted us to run a clean election.
So neener neener, peons.
I watched a lot of this trial. Lake’s people were normal, upbeat, believable. Even the judge responded well to them.
The county witnesses can only be described as creeps. The UW jerk was sneering, smirking, arrogant, dismissive, conclusionary and of course use Rat party lingo like “misinformation”. He’s no “expert”, he’s a political operative following a script. He was about as credible as a left wing talk show host.
Another piece of trash they hauled in was some Mexican a&&hole from California who used to work for the slimy, vile Alex Padilla. He rambled about “you know, dees tings hoppen all dee time, mon, eet’s no big deal”.
In a normal world the Lake people should be celebrating, but we ain’t in Kansas anymore. I have no idea what this judge will do.
If the SHTF, these people better have a very secure place to hide. There will be lists.
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