Republicans don’t go nuke. They just shut up and take it.
Indiana congressional district in 1984 won by a razor thin margin by a Republican, but the Rats seated the Rat.
Shapiro isn’t serious. He is postulating a scheme that republicans would never do (because it would be the WRONG thing to do in the absence of evidence of a fraudulent vote). And he is doing so just so he can ATTACK republicans for considering this move, and to attack Obenshein for something that happened years ago.
Shapiro is a liberal hack pretending to be a journalist.
But just like one poorly phrased and oft-misquoted comment by Todd Akin cost the Republicans countless elections across the country, so to would the 'rats use a move like this to beat us over the head for the next 10 years. They'd love for him to declare a contest, because the left excels at taking minor/local/isolated comments and actions by one person and using it nationwide as a brutally effective campaign tool -- all due to their loyal lapdog media of course, but it gets the "correct" results for them whatever the case.
I assume that hundreds of votes were cast in the election by people who were not legally entitled to register or vote: non-citizens; residents of other states; outright fraudsters using other people’s indentity to vote; casting absentee ballots for mentally incapable individuals, etc. Rather than play games in the legislature, why not file suit against the Virginia BOE, Arlington, Fairfax, and Richmond Registrars and election officials charging that they allowed illegal voting in more than enough numbers to invalidate the election. It is hard to prove who these votes were for, but that doesn’t matter, if you can show that more illegal votes were cast than the margin of victory for Herring (but show three times as many for good measure). Investigate, demand documents from all defendants, show the facts in court, demand that the November election results be awarded to Obenshein or a new election be held. Of course, all that requires two things: an honest court and actual evidence of illegal voting.
Today is the first day the recount can start.
The whole election needs to be recounted. And checked.
The chances of a 2.2 million vote election coming down to less than 200 votes is astronomacally remote.
There’s whole lotta cheatin’ goin’ on here.
It is mathematically impossible for the Democrat to gain votes on the Republican in every single election. The law of averages dictates that nearly half the time the R candidate should gain on the D. The fact that the D gains in every single recount proves that fraud is occurring.
The Democrats would accuse Obenshain of stealing the election no matter what he does! That is a given.
What justification does Obenshain need to take the election to the legislature? He should do that if he can.
Democrats are known to lie and cheat as a way of life because to them the end is more important than the means.
The Democrat playbook options include the blame game, name-calling, character assassination via false charges, and raising taxes, not to mention mindless spending. That strategy works for them!
Obenshain has nothing to lose.