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Rand Paul claims election 'in many ways was stolen' during Krebs hearing
The Hill ^ | 12/16/20 02:15 PM EST | BY JOHN BOWDEN

Posted on 12/17/2020 1:18:47 AM PST by RandFan

Days after electors voted to make it official that Joe Biden is president-elect, and one day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) congratulated Biden on his victory, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said at a congressional hearing that the election "in many ways was stolen."

"The fraud happened. The election in many ways was stolen and the only way it will be fixed is by in the future reinforcing the laws," Paul said during a hearing with testimony from Christopher Krebs, the president's former cybersecurity chief, who was fired by Trump after he reported there was no interference in the election.

Paul made the remarks as Krebs, wearing a mask, looked on skeptically, his arms crossed in front of his chest.

The remarks were notable because Paul is seen as one of the senators who might join a bid by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) to challenge the election's outcome and overturn the results in several states, despite a series of court decisions that have rejected claims of widespread fraud as unsubstantiated.

Doing so would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters, and the Supreme Court, now dominated by conservative justices including three nominated to the court by President Trump, rejected a suit from the attorney general of Texas just last week to do so.

Just one GOP senator would need to back Brooks to force the House and Senate to hold debates and votes on the results at a Jan. 6 session. McConnell urged Republicans not to do so during a call Tuesday, and several GOP senators have now said they will not do so.

But Paul has a history of bucking his party and his comments at a Wednesday hearing will raise some eyebrows, though he appeared more focused on passing laws moving forward that would target fraud.

After Krebs reasserted his view that the election had been free of foreign or domestic interference, Paul said because the election was safe did not mean there were no rules broken.

“To say it was the safest election, sure I agree with your statement if you are referring to foreign intervention, but if you are saying it’s the safest election based on no dead people voted ... no people broke the absentee rules, I think that is false and I think that’s what’s upset a lot of people on our side is that they are taking your statement to mean there, oh there were no problems in the election, I don’t think you examined any of the problems we heard here, so really you are just referring to something differently the way I look at it," Paul said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: fraud; randpaul
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Come on Rand... We need to encourage him to object!

I'm rooting for it!

1 posted on 12/17/2020 1:18:47 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

We got double-douchebagged—0, then Biden. Guess they REALLY hated Trump! Hard to crow about winning when you steal...


2 posted on 12/17/2020 1:24:35 AM PST by W. (And now, more music, and Les Nessman!)
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To: RandFan

Man I feel for it again!!

Thought mitch might be ok the way he stood up for Trump during the impeachment and keeping everyone in line with the voting on judges.

But he’s back to NOT FAKING being garbage.

Will be interesting to see what Rand does.

I frankly think it’s a win/win for him.

Unless he’s already been threatened. There are many things to threaten a person with. Not just physical harm.


3 posted on 12/17/2020 1:40:00 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dp0622

I think Rand seeing scalise get shot didn’t scare him, I think it strengthen his resolve. Also the crazed neighbor did the same thing. Ron Paul was stubborn, I think his son takes after him.


4 posted on 12/17/2020 1:47:59 AM PST by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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was stolen in many ways...


5 posted on 12/17/2020 1:54:46 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: RandFan

“The fraud happened. The election in many ways was stolen and the only way it will be fixed is by in the future reinforcing the laws,” Paul said.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Reinforced by whom?


6 posted on 12/17/2020 2:09:32 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: RandFan

They rigged the voting machine software, it’s the swindle of the millennium.

Low information entities should get up to speed.

The Ratio Transfers in PA and GA.
https://thedonald.win/p/11R4XKC6Fs/someone-needs-to-spam-sindey-pow/

Electoral College is ignoring everything.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1es0uSqp_AmuvicH-R1me-PIIRjKeSNJ2/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-j3msC3EQ0-dxpbN2lsKQm_SoaRrvXSo/view?usp=sharing

Herein this list are all the precincts in city of Atlanta Georgia involved in these ratio transfers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jsuRxh183jOKTJbO5dbEM6QwLwnQsPG5MknfcIuNJBM/edit?usp=sharing


7 posted on 12/17/2020 2:16:30 AM PST by Son House
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They rigged the voting machine software, it’s the swindle of the millennium.

Recent Piton interview;
https://twitter.com/JovanHPulitzer/status/1339357837743558656

intro
8:30m Piton explains when he started this
14:00m When he figured out what was happening, slight changes
15:50m I’ve identified ways, we won’t get into those
19:50m Real Example
23:00m Classification of voters represented by precinct
25:50 Then replicated in Pennsylvania
26:40m Finding 20 to 30 percent Phantom Voters Found 539 of 1000m didn’t exist
30:50m Pennsylvania
32:00m Addresses that aren’t there


8 posted on 12/17/2020 2:17:48 AM PST by Son House
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They rigged the voting machine software, it’s the swindle of the millennium.

Dr Shiva know something is wrong;

https://twitter.com/va_shiva/status/1339231979418628096

FIRST VICTORY in U.S. for #ElectionFraud lawsuit! Federal Judge DENIES MA Sec. of State Galvin’s Motion to Dismiss my Lawsuit that exposes computer algorithms were used to steal votes in my U.S. Senate Election that denies “One Person, One Vote.”

Case is ON!


9 posted on 12/17/2020 2:21:20 AM PST by Son House
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Their ballot box was taken away long before...

“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin’s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”

― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

if we don’t secure the ballot box we go to the next box.


10 posted on 12/17/2020 2:22:02 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: RandFan

Why do I keep getting a sick feeling in my gut this is going to take CWII to get them to take us seriously. Is that what they want?


11 posted on 12/17/2020 2:28:25 AM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Son House

They rigged the voting machine software, it’s the swindle of the millennium.

BIG EVIDENCE of External Control (via internal or external
software) Capping the Maximum possible Votes Cast in Trump
Strong Counties in Michigan, Wisconsin, and other States!
https://thedonald.win/p/11R4ggQOmZ/big-evidence-of-external-control/

Understanding how this election was seemingly stolen via
Dominion software and/or other software programs.

This is clearly seen in some of the small counties data that
almost always vote for heavily for President Trump.

This ‘Capping’, however, did NOT occur in many Biden
stronghold Counties such as Wayne County. Obviously, it
seems real proof of a large, coordinated VOTER FRAUD scheme.


12 posted on 12/17/2020 2:31:19 AM PST by Son House
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To: TonyM

I hope Trump spends next four years campaigning and grooming replacements for Mitch and the rest of the RINO COWARDS. Trump comes across to me as someone you don’t want to have as an enemy and who will won’t stop until he makes you regret it. If he wants I will continue to donate monthly to the cause.


13 posted on 12/17/2020 2:35:00 AM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Eccl 10:2

“... it will be fixed is by in the future reinforcing the laws,”

Dear Rand - How about dealing with and righting the wrongs that have occurred, by enforcing the Constitution and statutory laws that already exist? If today’s laws aren’t any good to enforce NOW, why bother with tomorrow? You have already shown that election laws aren’t worth enforcing. Yeh... sure, let the politicians “fix” the law, afterall it appears that politicians are expert at fixing elections. “Sorry Mr Trump, we know that the 2020 election was rigged and “fixed” (stolen from you and especially the voters) and you are the rightful winner. For the “good of the country”, you (your voters) need to accept the fraud and let Buyden be POTUS now. But we promise we will get right to work and fix the election system so these very very very bad things never never ever happen again. Thanks for your help in and understanding, and giving up any rights you have to contest the election through January 20th.”

No justice, no peace. Sorry Rand, nice try.


14 posted on 12/17/2020 3:03:33 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot ( )
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To: PGalt

What a true reflection on Soviet terror. Thanks!


15 posted on 12/17/2020 3:05:57 AM PST by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! So ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! /s 👹)
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To: TonyM

“I hope Trump spends next four years campaigning and grooming replacements for Mitch and the rest of the RINO COWARDS. “

How can one be assured we can trust the vote count for any election - primary or general?

How can one be assured that the “news” won’t be censored?

We have some real problems here Tony that aren’t going away, and won’t be fixed. They will probably get worse. Heck, Supreme Court won’t back voter id laws now.


16 posted on 12/17/2020 3:08:55 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot ( )
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To: romanesq

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3916300/posts

Michigan right now Rand


17 posted on 12/17/2020 3:13:17 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: TonyM

I believe Rand will not let Trump down. I think it’s 50/50 whether he contests this or not.

Thought Cruz would also be most likely to object.


18 posted on 12/17/2020 3:19:52 AM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: RandFan
Rand Paul's broad libertarian beliefs are beginning to appeal more and more to my rather narrow but pesky libertarian streak.


19 posted on 12/17/2020 3:41:43 AM PST by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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To: Susquehanna Patriot

All of these Republican Senators were talking about how we need to fix this “in the future.” It was very disheartening.

We all know it never gets fixed if it doesn’t happen *right now*


20 posted on 12/17/2020 3:43:00 AM PST by shaven_llama
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