Jared Yates Sexton: It literally doesn't matter that the Arizona recount effort backfired...

[Nevilledog]

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Jared Yates Sexton
@JYSexton
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Sep 24, 2021

It literally doesn’t matter that the Arizona recount effort backfired empirically. The entire purpose was to forward the Big Lie, continue the destruction of faith in democracy, and provide the Right an opportunity to learn about voting systems and their vulnerabilities.

When all is said and done, we’ll look back on the Arizona recount as the first of many attempts by the Right to overturn an election loss via weaponized conspiracy theories and giant, mobilized administrative efforts.

7:57 AM · Sep 24, 2021

[C_U_L8R]

1. More than a few republican crooks lined their pockets

The formula of their grift is pretty apparent. Except to dumb magats. What chumps.

[ck4829]

2. Why? If we can't make the right pay for it, we're not trying hard enough

[SCantiGOP]

3. The Arizona Senate authorized it

No way to make “the right” pay for it.

OP is correct, the investigation itself was the goal. If you found out a CPA or attorney had been subject to a major investigation, wouldn’t you be concerned even if they were cleared?

[ck4829]

13. Time to start throwing words like "vexatious" around...

Wendy Rogers and her kin, if they aren’t going to be held accountable for their actions, that will only embolden them, yeah?

Is this what we want? They will keep pressing to “decertify” an election, they seem to lack this “well…” mindset. What were to happen if they have a q-publican Congress and Senate?

It’s time to start becoming more imaginative in how we respond, it’s time for more action, and less “there’s nothing we can do about it”.

We need to be less acted-upon and more actors.

[frogmarch]

4. What other states

are preparing to, or are doing, recounts? A while back I read that Wisconsin and Pennsylvania were doing reviews.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/us/arizona-election-review.html

[Nevilledog]

5. Texas & Alabama

[frogmarch]

6. Thanks!

[Nevilledog]

20. Forgot Georgia

[Hortensis]

7. We'll see. They want to keep this going in states through to next fall,

and many of those will have the same results, while information is revealed about the attempted coup and other criminal and treasonous activities.

Many tRump voters are likely to become openly committed to a coup d'etat now that they understand success is possible. Some'll be emboldened to openly not care if Biden was legally elected.

But we only need a few percent who normally vote Republican not to. And with all the talk of a RW coup, we only need a few more of the feckless left to become alarmed enough to vote.

[gab13by13]

8. I don't look upon the Az. fraudit as a win for us.

Our DOJ should never have allowed ballots, voting systems and other election materials to leave the custody of election officials.

Who is in possession of all of the voter data that was turned over to the Cyber Ninjas? Will "someone" use that data to gerrymander districts, to do voter suppression? By not stopping the Az. fraudit these people have moved on to other states. As a matter of fact a judge has ordered the Cyber Ninjas to turn over information and they simply are ignoring the judges order.

[Hortensis]

10. Seems to me that'd mean that no wins will be possible

as RW power blocs repeat this and other subversive activities around the nation. Do we accept that all their attacks on our systems and smashings of the law are our defeats at the outset?

It would be a way to look at it, but I question its utility as the Republicans shift their guns.

[gab13by13]

15. Why are no wins possible?

The AZ. fraudit violated federal law; Title 52 - Voting and Elections - Subtitle I and II - and all that our DOJ did was write a stern letter to the Cyber Ninjas. Our DOJ needed to hold these people accountable, that to me would have been a win.

[Hortensis]

23. Well, glad if you think they are then since the GOP apparently intends

to repeat this play in other states to keep their big lie alive.

[DENVERPOPS]

19. classic reply

by every Republican I know when they are confronted with the facts: "Well,... the Democrats are far worse"

[uponit7771]

9. True, democratic party messaging has to improve before the nation gets back on track

[StarfishSaver]

12. It would help if Democrats themselves stopped constantly peddling these gloom and doom messages

That's not the fault of the party.

[uponit7771]

24. Only 64% of democrats believe Voter Suppression is a problem (link)

Its time for people to at least dry their hair so the fire will stay lit.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/21/monmouth-poll-americans-back-both-early-voting-voter-id-requirements/7774904002/

At 64%, Democrats were more likely than Republicans, at 43%, or independents, at 42%, to express concern about voter disenfranchisement, reflecting a concern within the party about voter suppression after several cycles.

[StarfishSaver]

11. It certainly does matter. Unless you think that had it succeeded, it would be no better

than the result we actually got.

It's ridiculous for anyone to claim that "it literally doesn’t matter that the Arizona recount effort backfired empirically."

Good Lord ...

So tired of people demanding certain outcomes, wringing their hands in agony over their certainty that that outcome won't occur, and then when it does occur, dismissing it as no big deal because "it doesn't matter."

It's obvious that some people really don't care about actual results, but just want to complain, no matter what

[AZProgressive]

18. The audit was a waste of time

I don’t think they conducted it in good faith and I don’t care about the results because I knew Biden was going to win in Arizona before the election so I don’t need an audit to know Biden won.

The audit really bugged me considering it took place in my home county and I would just like to live in a state where my vote counts. They never did audits when Republicans always won statewide races.

[ashredux]

14. Fake audits are very lucrative

[Mz Pip]

16. It's not over

This is just the first half of the report. Wait for the second half to speculate on fraudulent ballots.

I’m not jumping for glee just yet.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. They used it to create credibility. Stop referring to it as an "audit". It was a fraudit

[CaptainTruth]

21. +1

[FSogol]

22. Don't forget bilking money from taxpayers and grifting funds from their supporters. n/t