"A majority of Republican nominees on the ballot this November for the House, Senate and key statewide offices — 299 in all — have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election"
#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot
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"most of the election deniers nominated are likely to win: Of the nearly 300 on the ballot, 173 are running for safely Republican seats. Another 52 will appear on the ballot in tightly contested races."
#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot
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Here are the election deniers running in Texas 2022:
Greg Abbott for Governor
Dan Patrick for Lt Gov
and the twice-indicted Ken Paxton for Attorney General.
To support democracy, vote for:
Gov @BetoORourke
Lt Gov @CollierForTexas
AG @RochelleMGarza
#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot
"the insistence on such [election-denier] claims, despite the lack of evidence, reflects a willingness among election-denying candidates to undermine democratic institutions when it benefits their side."
#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot
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"the movement arising from Trump’s thwarted plot to overturn the 2020 election is, in many respects, even stronger two years later.
Far from repudiating candidates who embrace Trump’s false fraud claims, GOP primary voters have empowered them."
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"election deniers in the GOP bears alarming similarities to authoritarian movements in other countries, which often begin with efforts to delegitimize elections.
Many of those promoting the stolen-election narrative... know that it is false and are using it to gain power."
“This is no longer about Donald Trump.
This is about the entire electoral system and what constitutes legitimate elections.
All of that is now up in the air.”
#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot
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"Some of the election deniers are themselves in line to oversee elections.
Diego Morales, the nominee for Indiana secretary of state...
In Indiana, the secretary of state certifies results."
#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot
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"Among 419 Republican nominees for the U.S. House, 235, or 56 percent, are election deniers.
And the vast majority of those, 148, are running in safely Republican districts, with another 28 in competitive races"
#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot
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"There are already scores of election deniers in the House; 139 of them voted against the electoral college count after the violence of Jan. 6, 2021...
that number will almost certainly rise after November."
#DemocracyIsOnTheBallot
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"Just two states — Rhode Island and North Dakota — did not nominate an election denier for any of the offices The Post examined."
#DemocracyNotAutocracy
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