Rs have engaged in a coverup re: Manafort’s interactions w/ Deripaska & Kilimnik (a Russian intelligence officer who rec’d Trump campaign polling data from Manafort). Manafort was TFG’s campaign manager. If Rs are so sure there was “no collusion,” what are they hiding?! 1/
What Happens When Republicans Simply Refuse to Certify Democratic Wins? | Washington Monthly by David Atkins 1/ washingtonmonthly.com/2021/05/08/wha…
“So what happens in 2024 if President Biden or VP Harris win the Electoral College, but local Rs on county boards w/ majority Dem votes refuse to certify the election; when state legislatures who have seized control of certification refuse to certify their state tallies; … 2/
… when a potential Republican majority in the House of Representatives refuses to certify the Electoral College tally?” 3/
Someone asked me if I’d ever appear on Steve Bannon’s show to discuss election security. I said “not in a million years.” He said “the right seems always willing to debate the left, but not vice versa.” I told him that meaningful debate requires good faith participants. 1/
Otherwise, “debate” is just another platform for bad faith actors to elevate themselves and spread disinformation. 2/
Bannon has bragged about “flooding the zone with shit.” There is no good faith commitment to truth. I would never appear on his show. 3/
To de-program people who’ve been fooled by disinformation, it’s “important that the corrective information be repeated as frequently, and with even greater clarity, than the myth.” 1/ news.northeastern.edu/2018/06/18/tir…
IMO, repeating the mantra that this was “the most secure election ever” does not provide sufficient clarity to debunk baseless claims by TFG and his allies. Krebs must be specific and clearly explain how he knows that vote tallies weren’t changed. 2/
If he can’t or won’t do that, then that is a problem. 3/
The most infamous politically motivated prosecution occurred when the Bush DOJ locked up @DonSiegelman, Alabama’s last Democratic Governor. Eric Holder (Obama/Biden admin) looked the other way, an ominous precedent 4 recent revelations re: Trump’s DOJ. 1/ link.medium.com/9ez6Csyq0gb
Even Republicans thought it was politically motivated. The best guess for Holder’s inaction is that he was too afraid to right an obvious wrong against a fellow Democrat. 2/
“I personally believe that what happened here is that they targeted Don Siegelman because they could not beat him fair and square. This was a Republican state and he was the one Democrat they could never get rid of.” - Grant Woods, Republican (former Arizona AG). 3/
3/ “‘You need to concede,’ Obama told Clinton after his political director had failed to persuade Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, on the point.” theguardian.com/us-news/2017/a…