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Inslee proposes bill making it illegal for elected leaders, candidates to spread election fraud lies
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Posted on 01/07/2022 12:07:58 PM PST by algore

Gov. Jay Inslee proposed new legislation on Thursday, which would make it a misdemeanor for elected leaders or candidates to spread unfounded allegations of voter fraud.

Speaking on the one-year anniversary of the now-infamous U.S. Capitol riot, Inslee opined that “the threat to our democracy is just as dangerous on January 6, 2022, as it was a year ago.”

“I think we do need to do much more than commemorate this day of infamy,” he said as part of the Associated Press’ 2022 legislative preview. “I think we need to realize that this is a continuing effort to continue the ‘big lie,’ to cast doubt on the fundamental workings of our democracy — we simply have to realize the nature of this challenge.”

That has Inslee pushing for a bill in the state Legislature that would “make it a gross misdemeanor to lie about these election results without any basis.”

“I think we need to do more than speak,” he proposed. “It should not be legal in the state of Washington for elected officials or candidates for office to willfully lie about these election results. This needs to be made illegal.”

Inslee highlighted three Republican state legislators — Representatives Brad Klippert, Robert Sutherland, and Vicki Kraft — who used taxpayer dollars to attend MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s cyber-symposium on election fraud, and who have continued to support claims that the 2020 election was stolen.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; electionfraud; freespeech; inslee; jayinslee; votefraud; washington; washingtonstate
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To: rbmillerjr

Looking back to 2016, it is as if Hillary won. Trump may have won the presidency but Hillary has the last laugh now that Trump is gone and the country is in an historic mess. The evil that she wanted this country subjected to, she accomplished. Hillary got what she wanted but Trump’s MAGA years were interrupted.


41 posted on 01/07/2022 12:38:58 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: Harpotoo

And don’t forget about the insider trading privilege on the stock market.


42 posted on 01/07/2022 12:41:57 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: algore

Who is to determine what is a lie?


43 posted on 01/07/2022 12:44:32 PM PST by jimfr
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To: algore

An election system so secure that nobody is allowed to criticize it - that is democracy! /sarc


44 posted on 01/07/2022 12:46:32 PM PST by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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To: hardspunned

Plenty of Dems bring old elections up regularly.

Ex post facto applies to the date of the lie, not to the date of the election lied about.


45 posted on 01/07/2022 12:48:51 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: jimfr

I have good evidence that any time a politician opens their mouth they are forming a lie.


46 posted on 01/07/2022 12:55:04 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

It will depend upon the meaning of “founded” and who defines it.


47 posted on 01/07/2022 12:58:25 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: circlecity

“Some needs to inform the Governor about this thing called the first amendment.”

Just the act of proposing this is proof that he is not fit to hold office.


48 posted on 01/07/2022 1:04:01 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: jjotto

“Plenty of Dems bring old elections up regularly.”

Sore-Loserman still grumbles about 2000.


49 posted on 01/07/2022 1:05:18 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: algore

Who decides it’s a lie or not?


50 posted on 01/07/2022 1:09:19 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: algore
Oh, like that won't be selectively enforced.

These idiots are going down dangerous, dark roads.
51 posted on 01/07/2022 1:10:18 PM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: algore

Oh, the irony.


52 posted on 01/07/2022 1:12:53 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (White privilege will NOT get you a job in IT)
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To: algore
That would be effectively every negative ad ever made.

-PJ

53 posted on 01/07/2022 1:16:59 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: algore

He, himself, plans to be the factchecker, I suppose.


54 posted on 01/07/2022 1:24:48 PM PST by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: algore
So much for free speech then. Of course anyone accused of election fraud is going to claim it is a lie. Then the counter accusations begin.

"You were elected via fraud!"

"You have no proof, therefore that is a lie, you should be thrown out of office!"

"I have proof now."

"You forfeited your office (or should have) your accusations are illegitimate."

...

And on and on.

What is it they say, if you want to know who's really in power, look to who you're not allowed to criticize. I guess the little fascists that fraud their way into power don't want anyone questioning them.

55 posted on 01/07/2022 1:47:58 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh; Revel
What if there WAS erection fraud?

The first rule of el[r]ection fraud is you do not talk about el[r]ection fraud.

56 posted on 01/07/2022 2:09:43 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

But lying throughout a campaign is a hallowed tradition. But that said, claiming that Trump was an illegitimate president would now be a crime? Inslee has all the knowledge of human nature and unintended consequences of a doorknob.


57 posted on 01/07/2022 2:33:34 PM PST by DPMD ( )
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

But lying throughout a campaign is a hallowed tradition. But that said, claiming that Trump was an illegitimate president would now be a crime? Inslee has all the knowledge of human nature and unintended consequences of a doorknob.


58 posted on 01/07/2022 2:33:43 PM PST by DPMD ( )
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To: algore

All this needs is the right person to spread what the Democrat/communists want to call lies and put him/her on trial.

The commies would finally HAVE listen to evidence. They will screech like agitated monkeys.


59 posted on 01/07/2022 2:44:06 PM PST by jmaroneps37
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To: kiryandil

LOL


60 posted on 01/07/2022 4:16:01 PM PST by Revel
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