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Stop Lin Wood and Sidney Powell Now, or They Will Control the GOP’s Destiny
National Review ^ | December 4, 2020 | JIM GERAGHTY

Posted on 12/05/2020 9:29:13 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter

If significant numbers of Republican voters choose to not participate in the January 5 runoff elections for both Senate seats, and that leads to victories by Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, that will do nothing for Donald Trump, Trump’s legacy as president, the Republican Party, and the cause of conservatism.

It will, however, do a lot for Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, who would instantly become major power brokers in the Republican Party. They could take their “your vote was stolen by rigged machines” conspiracy-theory schtick to any state in the union and hold don’t-get-out-the-vote rallies for any race, telling Republicans that the elections are fixed and that participating in them is a form of acquiescence to terrible crimes. The GOP would effectively be held hostage by these lawyers, needing to concur with whatever bizarre claim they made — Georgia governor Brian Kemp stole money and gave it to China! The Federal Reserve is trying to destroy the economy on behalf of George Soros! — or suffer the consequences of Wood-Powell “Republicans must stay home and not vote” rallies in their backyard.

What we’re seeing in Georgia in these coming weeks is nothing less than a test to determine if the Republican Party has enough will to survive. If two lawyers can come out of nowhere with a farfetched conspiracy theory, and persuade thousands, or tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of self-identified Republican-learning voters to not make their voices heard at the ballot box, then the GOP — despite all of its gains in the state legislatures and U.S. House and Senate this year — will not really be a functioning force in American politics. Too many members of the party’s grassroots will be too gullible to be a reliable base of support, and willing to act in a way that fulfills the Democratic Party’s wildest fantasies.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2021; gop; jimgeraghty; linwood; nationalrespew; nationalreview; nevertrumper; rino; sidneypowell; trump
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Screw the National Review. But I see no good that can come from giving Biden and Harris complete control of both houses of Congress.


101 posted on 12/05/2020 10:54:34 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: JME_FAN

So you are saying that Trump lost and should concede?


102 posted on 12/05/2020 10:56:11 AM PST by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I’m with the Left on this - doing all I can to hand the Senate to Shumer!!!!


103 posted on 12/05/2020 10:56:45 AM PST by BobL (I'm Boycotting the Georgia Elections to 'Teach the GOP a Lesson' (by destroying the country))
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

More white noise from a bunch of RINO neo cons.


104 posted on 12/05/2020 10:59:12 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: gw-ington

Not voting in the Senate run-offs and allowing Schumer (with Harris as the tie-breaker) to control the Senate is absolutely, grade-A retarded.

To be clear, I think this is all overhyped by bored media pundits, like #NeverTrump in 2016 or PUMAs in 2008, but it’s still annoying to hear about.


105 posted on 12/05/2020 11:00:18 AM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Bryan24

If Benedict Arnold was alive today, he’d be a National Review neo-con, and be dining with Max Boot and Billy Kristol.


106 posted on 12/05/2020 11:11:04 AM PST by BrexitBen
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To: Mmogamer

No. I made no such assertion. I am saying that his legal team is incompetent. Sidney Powell is nothing but a bullsh*t artist - and always has been. She makes fantastic claims, and then fails to deliver the hard evidence to back up her claims. Statistical anomalies and mathematical theories are not proof sufficient to convince a judge - that is the reality.


107 posted on 12/05/2020 11:12:38 AM PST by JME_FAN
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

GOP has to fight this election fraud or bust.


108 posted on 12/05/2020 11:14:20 AM PST by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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To: OttawaFreeper

NR is so over the top with Trump hate. As far as they are concerned, he already lost the election and they are jubilant. Do these NR freaks actually believe that any American Patriot would actually follow their lead in word or deed or in anything at all. We are repulsed by them all.


109 posted on 12/05/2020 11:14:29 AM PST by virginia9000
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Now, the National Review pops up to defend Republicans?

Oh, Snap. Two RINOS, who will not contest the rampant fraud, nor defend Trump.

I see. NR sops at the political trough only for more RINOS, in the US Senate.

Georgians appear to be shedding the yoke of force we are ALL under. That is, voting for lesser of 2 evils”.

I’m not saying this is an easy decision by a voter, or that it’s right, but it’s real.

We’re trapped voting for Romneys, McCains, McConnells, Cornyns to prevent a communist Dem from winning.

This is the RINO strategy to yoke us into diluting our power of voice and PERPETUATE their mafia Uni-Party hold, on ascending conservative voices of Americans.

Georgians may say, ENOUGH!

They want action or Bust!

Are they fools or are they leading the way with Courage? I dunno.


110 posted on 12/05/2020 11:16:08 AM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Publik Skules/Academia -> The Farm team, for more Marxists coming. Infinitum.)
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To: sport

BTTT!


111 posted on 12/05/2020 11:19:37 AM PST by Pagey (Valerie Jarrett. She IS STILL in DC, Creating More Havoc for President Trump. )
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Perhaps the problem is that “traditional” Republicans have lost the support of those they claim to represent. Witness the recent acquiescence of Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and other Republicans catering to Big Tech’s demand for foreign workers who work more cheaply than American workers. Or, the abysmal failure of the Republicans, when they controlled both Houses and the White House, to pass comprehensive immigration reform that offered real protections to citizens and those lawfully in the country. It seems to me the Republicans are now reaping the results of what they have sown.


112 posted on 12/05/2020 11:20:59 AM PST by JGPhila
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

100%!

RINOs didn’t support Trump now they want MAGA Trump supporters to vote for them? F*#K them!


113 posted on 12/05/2020 11:29:41 AM PST by for-q-clinton
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Confirmation we are on the right path.


114 posted on 12/05/2020 11:35:16 AM PST by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

NRO

Nuff said


115 posted on 12/05/2020 11:40:23 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter
I hope they will!

If Sidney Powell stops this coup d'état, she will be the next President of the USA!

116 posted on 12/05/2020 11:43:54 AM PST by Savage Beast (May God reveal the truth for all the world to witness! May God save the USA!)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Anything that contributes to the demise of the two chancre’d whores known as the democrat and republican party is a GOOD THING.


117 posted on 12/05/2020 11:44:20 AM PST by hank ernade
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To: Shark24

Buckley’s original mission statement in 1955. Worth a review.

https://www.nationalreview.com/1955/11/our-mission-statement-william-f-buckley-jr/


Worthy of being posted again.


118 posted on 12/05/2020 11:45:46 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: dware

So we just hand over everything to the other side? Maybe then disperse into the woods and for years fight an ineffectual “resistance,” kind of like the Japanese soldiers who hid out in the jungle for years after their side lost.


119 posted on 12/05/2020 11:46:42 AM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter
President Trump is down there, and he is encouraging people to vote If he has a game changer up his sleeve, that may be why. there is always the midterm election in 2022 to forever dump the Republicans. Believe me I am as upset as any President Trump can get. I won't help them financially, but it behooves us to follow what President Trump says regarding these Senatorial elections. Let's see what he has to say which starts in less than 15 minutes now.

There are currently 8,922 waiting at RSBN to see his rally.

120 posted on 12/05/2020 11:48:44 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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