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sinkingfeeling

(58,032 posts)
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 12:04 PM Feb 2022

Colorado county clerk who embraced vote-fraud conspiracy theories says she will run for state's top

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/14/tina-peters-secretary-of-state-candidacy/

Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who has embraced the false claim that former president Donald Trump won the 2020 election, made the announcement during an appearance on former Trump White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon’s “War Room” podcast. Peters said she is running to “restore trust” and “put an end to government overreach in our election process.”

In the podcast interview Monday, Bannon called Peters “an American hero” and likened her to Trump. Peters cast herself as “the wall between your votes and nationalized elections.”

“They’re coming after me because I’m standing in their way,” she said.

According to the Denver Post, Peters has not yet filed paperwork for her secretary of state candidacy and had previously announced that she was running for reelection as Mesa County clerk and recorder.

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Colorado county clerk who embraced vote-fraud conspiracy theories says she will run for state's top (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Feb 2022 OP
I thought tht she had been arrested. niyad Feb 2022 #1
Must've been caught up in the moment in Bannon's "War Room." Harker Feb 2022 #2
They are infiltrating critical electoral positions all over the country. CrispyQ Feb 2022 #3
Doubt if she will sell in Denver. Sneederbunk Feb 2022 #4
She has the chances of a snowball in Hell. DavidDvorkin Feb 2022 #5

Harker

(18,141 posts)
2. Must've been caught up in the moment in Bannon's "War Room."
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 12:13 PM
Feb 2022

She might have to run for office from her tiny room.

CrispyQ

(41,091 posts)
3. They are infiltrating critical electoral positions all over the country.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 12:34 PM
Feb 2022

I hope our side is paying attention. These people have no ethics, no integrity. It's all about gaining power any way they can. Lie, cheat, steal? The end justifies the means.

I sent money to Jena Griswold, the current SOS, & yesterday, after reading about Peters, I made it monthly.

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