Pennsylvania Republican blasts election audit, rebukes fraud claims

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Karol Cummins
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A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania has come out against his colleagues' "forensic" audit of the 2020 election, becoming the party's first statewide official to publicly call for an end to the effort and warn of electoral consequences for the party.

Voters fill out their ballots on Election Day in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski

Pennsylvania Republican blasts election audit, rebukes fraud claims
A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania has come out against his colleagues' "forensic" audit of the 2020 election, becoming the party's first statewide official to publicly call for an end to the...
reuters.com
9:13 AM · Jul 29, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pennsylvania-republican-blasts-election-audit-rebukes-fraud-claims-2021-07-29/

July 29 (Reuters) - A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania has come out against his colleagues' "forensic" audit of the 2020 election, becoming the party's first statewide official to publicly call for an end to the effort and warn of electoral consequences.

In an op-ed on Thursday, state Senator Dan Laughlin says that moves to investigate Donald Trump's loss to President Joe Biden in the state are being made "absent credible evidence of fraud" and won't change the outcome, as some voters hope.

"The current attempt to discredit the 2020 election results runs headlong into an unmistakable truth," wrote Laughlin, a centre-right Republican from Erie County. "Donald Trump lost Pennsylvania because Donald Trump received fewer votes."

His comments mark a rare public rebuke of Republican state Senator Doug Mastriano from within his own party. Mastriano has been arguing for a comprehensive "forensic" investigation involving the inspection of voting equipment, modeled on a contentious partisan probe ongoing in Maricopa County, Arizona.

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[Freddie]

1. I hope he and his family have good security

The nut jobs here in Pennsylvania seem nuttier than usual.

[RussBLib]

2. this is why some Repubs are afraid to step forward

because they know that T**** has unleashed the crazies, the worst of humanity.

But there is power in numbers. The more come forward, the safer they will all be.