Thread by @tammy_sager

So some interesting things have surfaced in the last few weeks that I want to share. Be patient with me, I’m slow & get interrupted a lot. But, I think it’s worth it to share this information before the mid-term elections.

😃 Please don’t forget to vote in November…💙

This article from 04/06/2022 has been weighing on my mind…it’s regarding the #RockbridgeNetwork, defined as a coalition.

What is a “political coalition” in the US?
Not much. It’s basically a verbal, non-regulated agreement to finance an agreed upon political agenda.

https://twitter.com/RMac18/status/1511762024652410880

While #RockbridgeNetwork is being considered a “new GOP coalition”, it isn’t, think #CambridgeAnalytica. Plus, it is not the only “new GOP coalition” popping up before mid-term elections. #ChestnutStreetCouncil has been started by Matt Schlapp, think #KochNetwork…

https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1511761773401186307

What bothers me is the #GOP political players are not new nor are the plays they are planning. ”…the coalition had tested some of its plans, including a voter registration initiative, last year in #Arizona, which is identified in the brochure as a case study.” #RockbridgeNetwork

https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1511761372006305805

“#Arizona was the site of #Rockbridge’s first summit, which was held last year. It featured a speech by #PeterThiel… He & #RebeccaMercer, the daughter of the hedge fund magnate #RobertMercer, were among #Trump’s biggest donors in 2016,…” Again think #CambridgeAnalytica.

The #RockbridgeNetwork’s brochure created in the Fall 2021, touts the following case study to be used for future planning.

Reminder…
These following states endure #GOP sponsored audits: Arizona*, Georgia, Michigan*, Nevada*, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Let’s focus on the western states, Arizona & Nevada, of this #RockbridgeNetwork case study to see just how far this #GOP #DarkMoney coalition might go in the not so far future of the mid-term elections…

In both states the #GOP tried to pass off fraudulent electors at the time of presidential certification on #January6th & are under investigation by @January6thCmte & #DOJ…

“It should not be easy to stage a coup.”

#Arizona, 3/15/2022…
azcentral.com/story/opinion/…

#Arizona had 2 sets of #GOP fraudulent electors…from ⬆️ article.
“There should be a steep price to pay for those who try to do so (stage a presidential coup).

Otherwise, we are not the country we say we are.

After the 2020 election, two groups of Arizona #Republicans…

#Arizona #Republicans falsely declared themselves presidential electors, signed fake electoral certificates, & sent them to Washington, D.C., hoping to subvert the constitutional work of the Electoral College, overturn the outcome of a duly certified election &, in essence,…

stage a coup that would have kept #Trump in office.
These disgruntled #Republicans call themselves #patriots.
But you can’t claim to be a patriot & then act in a way that contradicts the entire notion of what that means…”

The 1st group of #Arizona’s fraudulent electors was established by Lori Osiecki & a group called "AZ Protect the Vote" who took a meeting in Phoenix on or around 12/14/2020 that included #Trump’s then attorney #RudyGiuliani…

From 12/14/2020,
azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

“While Osiecki's (fraudulent) elector documents do not appear to have been taken as genuine, they are part of an…effort, led by #Trump, his advisers, & involving #Arizona #Republican Party officials & three members of Arizona's #GOP congressional delegation…

casting doubt on the legitimacy of Biden's victory in #Arizona & nationally.”

“Reps. #AndyBiggs & #DebbieLesko were among more than 100 #Republican members of Congress to formally support a lawsuit brought by the attorney general of #Texas seeking to overturn the results…

in four states where Biden won. The U.S. Supreme Court quickly dismissed the effort.
Rep. #PaulGosar has been a vocal supporter of the "#StoptheSteal" effort seeking to similarly overturn the results based on baseless claims of widespread fraud…

#PaulGosar also has encouraged people to sign on to an effort to recall Gov. Doug Ducey, who certified the election results showing Biden winning #Arizona.”

The 2nd group of #Arizona fraudulent electors was headed by #Arizona #GOP Chairwoman #KelliWard.
“The @January6thCmte investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol issued subpoenas…for 6 people — including prominent Arizona #Republicans Kelli Ward & #MarkFinchem…

— involved in planning slates of fake electors for former President Donald #Trump.”

#Arizona, from 2/15/2022…
azmirror.com/blog/jan-6-pan…

“In the letter to #KelliWard, the select committee said she “apparently spoke with…#Trump & members of his staff about election certification issues in #Arizona.”
She also allegedly sent text messages to an Arizona election official stating “we need you to stop the counting”…

& telling the person to contact a lawyer for the #Trump campaign after The Associated Press & Fox News declared President Joe Biden the winner of #Arizona’s Electoral College votes…

The select committee has already issued a subpoena for #KelliWard & her husband’s cell phone records from Nov. 1, 2020, through Jan. 31, 2021. Ward has sued in federal court in an attempt to block her cell phone company, T-Mobile, from turning over the records.” #Arizona

So while we are waiting for #Arizona’s as well as other states fraudulent #GOP electors & accomplices to be brought to justice by the #DOJ, individuals are planning campaigns fundraising & financing using unregulated coalitions, like #RockbridgeNetwork.

kjzz.org/content/175258…

So looking at #Arizona as #Rockbridge’s case study, as an example of what the #GOP coalition wants to accomplish in upcoming elections, & based on the stated goal, it would be logical to conclude that this group will continue to embrace illegal means.

So let’s look at #Nevada one of the other Red State Projects that the #RockbridgeNetwork is making plans for per their Fall 2021 brochure…

By looking at the #GOP’s past behaviors in #Nevada, we can learn what future behaviors to expect from an unregulated, #DarkMoney, #Republican coalition aligned with #Trump.

Nevada had one group of fraudulent electors compared to #Arizona’s two.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sisola…

From 1/22/2022 article ⬆️…#GOP
“…#Nevada #Republican Party Chairman #MichaelMcDonald & five other “electors” held an illegitimate signing ceremony outside of the Legislature in Carson City that purported to pledge the state’s 6 electoral votes to #Trump.”

#Nevada #GOP
“The state #Republican Party submitted the illegitimate election documents to the Secretary of State, Congress & the National Archives, & similar fake documents were also sent from six other states with close margins in the presidential race —

#Arizona, #Georgia, #Michigan, #New Mexico, #Pennsylvania & #Wisconsin.

In #Nevada, the alternate signing ceremony (which was livestreamed by a pro-#Trump media outlet & advertised by the party) & submission of illegitimate electoral documents was…

largely viewed as a publicity stunt with no legal weight.”

“…the (#Nevada) state #GOP’s conduct last year likely violated state laws against forgery & several federal mail fraud laws. He said the openness of the party’s conduct & actions shouldn’t preclude action.”

“All this depends on how seriously you can take these people, said Attorney Bradley Schrager. “I would submit that it's time to start taking violations of our democratic norms & statutes pretty seriously.” 

#Nevada #GOP #Republicans

Let’s take a closer look at #Nevada #Republican chairman, #MichaelMcDonald who received an invitation to appear before @January6thCmte.

“The subpoenas for McDonald & DeGraffenreid request that they appear before the committee for a deposition on Feb. 24”

thenevadaindependent.com/article/nv-gop…

The subpoenas for #MichaelMcDonald & #JimDeGraffenreid
Included a request to produce documents about their “role & participation in the purported slate of electors casting votes for #Trump &, to the extent, relevant, their role in the events of January 6, 2021.”

#Nevada #GOP

#Nevada’s #GOP chair, #MichaelMcDonald not only lead the fake electors but was busy working #2020election night & into the following days to establish the #BigLie. Using #McShaneLLC employee & #Trump supporter, #WoodrowJohnston to enlist the #ProudBoys.

nevadacurrent.com/2021/05/27/con…

#McShaneLLC, a political consulting firm, has been mentioned in news articles, but so far has received little attention outside of #Nevada. I’m not going to delve to much into their structure in this thread, but will add a leg here at a later date regarding the business.

For a bit of insight into #Nevada’s #McShaneLLC, a political consulting firm, I’ll share two things & expand on both later…

1) From 05/28/2021,
nevadacurrent.com/blog/consultin…

2) A thread by @socialistdogmom,

#Nevada, #ProudBoys, #GOP-chair #MichaelMcDonald, & #McShaneLLC…

https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1503087730607206402

More soon…🥱

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So on the night of #Elections2020, both #Nevada & #Arizona had #ProudBoys in “Stand Back & Standby” mode as #Trump signaled during 9/29/202 debates.
An email conversation between #McShaneLLC employee, #WoodrowJohnson & now Democrat Sarah (Cirillo) Ashton…
nevadacurrent.com/wp-content/upl…

“But Gosar is leading the charge on a ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ down in #AZ,” he wrote, referring to #Arizona #Republican Congressman #PaulGosar. “We might need to do the same here in #Nevada.”

The ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ refers to the 2000 presidential election.
“On November 22, 2000, a group of well-dressed #Republican protesters descended on a govt office building in Miami, #Florida. They were there to protest the Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board's recount in the…

disputed presidential race between Democrat Al Gore & Republican George W. Bush. *They wanted to stop what they regarded as a steal*, & they were prepared to resort to violence* to do it.”

From 01/06/2022…
businessinsider.com/capitol-hill-i…

While the #ProudBoys did not go out on #Election2020 night, 11/3/2020, they did go out 2 days later.

“Two days after the tumultuous 2020 election, as President Donald Trump railed that his victory had been stolen, a small group of men…

From 06/02/2021…
washingtonpost.com/politics/proud…

dressed in yellow-and-black #ProudBoys shirts appeared with dozens of other #Trump supporters to protest the counting of ballots at #Nevada’s biggest voting center.
The rally at the Clark County Election Department in North Las Vegas, one of many such demonstrations…

around the nation, looked like an organic response to a president then trailing in early returns & threatening anew to contest his defeat. But private messages from Facebook & interviews show the extent of the efforts, in at least one battleground state, to demonstrate…

the *appearance of grass-roots energy* to spread #Trump’s falsehoods about the election. His claims would only grow over the coming weeks, culminating in a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.” #BigLie

In the coming days after 11/3/2020 the #ProudBoys sometimes calling themselves “Western Chauvinists” would be call on for more appearances of “grass-roots energy”….

First a good rundown on the PB…
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…

2nd, the #ProudBoys were busy after the #2020Election & through #Jan6th #January6th.
“groups converged on the grounds of the State Capitol for another “#StoptheSteal” rally. Members of the neo-fascist political organization known as Proud Boys…
12/15/2020
sierranevadaally.org/2020/12/15/pro…

…stood near the road & flashed white power symbols at drivers. Armed, self- proclaimed militia groups, adherents of the Qanon conspiracy theory, & individual #Trump supporters lined the road…

Many of those gathered waved signs showing that they believe the election was “stolen” from Donald #Trump.”

#Nevada #ProudBoys & the #BigLie

3rd, a history of #ProudBoys “grass-root energy” appearance between 11/3/2020 & 1/6/2020, plus the aftermath of #Jan6th #January6th …be sure to go up & down this informative thread. ↕️

On 12/19/2020, plans were being made with #OathKeepers #FloridaThreePercenters, & #ProudBoys.

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1375951115943051264

I promise a conclusion is coming hopefully after a brief pause, but who knows…🤷‍♀️😉☺️

The #RockbridgeNetwork coalition which is comprises of past #Trump-supporting nonprofits & #GOP members will continue to embrace lies, manipulative-influencers, & far-right violence extremists. It will be willing to break norms & laws.

And even replace the #Republican Party.

However, #MitchMcConnell is not going to just roll over (because no turtle likes to be stuck on his back). He currently has a view of a #Republican Party without #Trump.

The #GOP plans for the mid-term #election…
nytimes.com/2022/02/13/us/…

“As #Trump works to retain his hold on the #Republican Party, elevating a slate of friendly candidates in mid-term #elections, #McConnell & his allies are quietly, desperately maneuvering to try to thwart him.”…

It’s all aimed at recapturing the Senate majority, but the #election also represents what could be #Republicans’ last chance to reverse the spread of #Trumpism before it fully consumes their party.”…

“In conversations with senators and would-be senators, #McConnell is blunt about the damage he believes #Trump has done to the #GOP, according to those who have spoken to him. Privately, he has declared he won’t let unelectable “goofballs” win #Republican primaries.”

Currently it seems various groups are staged to via for control of the #Republican Party & the potential donations. Keep in mind the group/coalition that controls the money controls the party or put another way the group/coalition that raises the most funds will control the #GOP.

Per the Apr. 6, article on #Rockbridge & the article that started this thread…various groups looking to have a say in the #GOP, besides the #RockbridgeNetwork & the establishment #Republicans, are the American Opportunity Alliance setup by Paul Singer,…

nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/…

the #KochNetwork, the #ChestnutStreetCouncil created by #Trump-aligned #MattSchlapp. This is by no means an exhaustive list & I can see some of them potentially coming together. The goal of #Rockbridge is to have them all come together in an organized fashion to allow them to…

be more ‘competitive’ to with the #Democrats fundraising apparatus. As .@kenvogel states…

https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1511762008768720900

While there are many problems with the ‘competitive’-ness of #DarkMoney fundraising by both parties, the #RockbridgeNetwork, the #GOP/#Republican Party in general, is not playing by the same rules as the #Democrats.

#Rockbridge even say it doesn’t want to play by the rules…

And finally, some familiar names to know that are apart of the #RockbridgeNetwork, founded by Christopher Buskirk of American Greatness,…

Trump
Peter Thiel
Rebekah Mercer
Blake Masters
David Bossie
Kari Lake
Cleta Mitchell
Michael Gableman
Peter Navarro
Corey Lewandowski
…

…
Susie Wiles
Reince Priebus
Hogan Gidley
Hope Hicks
Kellyanne Conway

The source of the list, “Rockbridge gathering”…
From 4/6/2022,
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Also, this from April 18th…#Tump’s #BigLie has no end insight…
“Fifteen months after they tried & failed to overturn the 2020 election, the same group of lawyers & associates is continuing efforts to “decertify” the vote, feeding a false narrative.”

nytimes.com/2022/04/18/us/…

This is from today…April 19th
#Trump’s #BigLie continues…
vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/d…

And finally…
To end #Trump’s #BigLie…

“It takes prosecution and conviction to deflate their personality cults,” Ben-Ghiat said. “That’s what it takes.”

politico.com/news/magazine/…

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