This is just repulsive:
Numerous GOP candidates for Senate are not only campaigning on Trump's big lie. They're also going out of their way to emphasize invented vote fraud *in urban centers.*
I've documented a bunch of examples in this new piece:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
Ron Johnson claims that in Milwaukee, votes aren't counted until Dems determine how many they need to win.
Good one, Senator! You know who *actually did* pressure vote counters to "find" precisely the number of votes he needed to overcome his deficit?
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
This may be the most absurd example of this yet:
Adam Laxalt, who's running for Senate in Nevada, is attacking the integrity of the voting in counties with big cities (Las Vegas, Reno) while explicitly claiming the voting in GOP areas is "legitimate":
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
JD Vance is in deep trouble in the Ohio Senate primary, per his own pollster.
He's seen as insufficiently conservative and not loyal to Trump.
Amusingly, Vance recently atoned for his disloyalty by endorsing Trump's big lie. But it may be too late:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
What's funny about JD Vance's struggles is he actually thought conservative populism would be enough to appeal to Trump voters.
It appears they want slavish loyalty to Trump himself:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
Let's stop saying Republicans "really believe" Trump's 2020 lies.
While many surely do, something more pernicious is going on here:
These Republicans are declaring the power to overturn elections in the full knowledge that they *are* procedurally valid:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
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