Kathy Barnette supporters say PA Republican Senate Primary election "rigged."

[yellowcanine]

https://www.rawstory.com/kathy-barnette-maga-failure-rigged/

Of course they do. The one-note Charley that is the Republican Party does not accept election results.
Good news for Democrats this fall, imo. Nothing depresses turnout like the belief that your vote does not count.

In the final days, however, Donald Trump phoned into a rally with Mehmet Oz and did a robocall to Trump supporters encouraging them to support Oz over Barnette. Meanwhile, both behind the scenes and in front of cameras, Fox News host Sean Hannity was trying to help Oz, who thanked him in the election night speech.

Given Barnette's support of the so-called "big lie" and her election loss, some of her disappointed supporters are adopting the Trump strategy of suggesting the election was rigged. The final days of the election showed polls with Barnette almost eight points higher than where she ended up on Tuesday.

[gab13by13]

1. You know what?

If McCormick wins, she may be right. Trump is backing Oz, but, Trump's backers are backing McCormick.

The Putin party knows darn well that Fetterman will destroy Oz.

[yellowcanine]

3. Looks like Oz may squeak through though. He will likely be ahead before a recount.

If McCormick wins as a result of the lead changing after a recount all hell will break loose. It may anyway. Popcorn time.

[maxsolomon]

6. How is she right?

Are you suggesting the voting tabulation was corrupted?

[gab13by13]

9. What happened to those Republican absentee ballots

that ended up somewhere they shouldn't have been? I haven't heard anything further about that.

Is it a crazy conspiracy theory on my part to speculate that because the GQP knows that Oz is going to lose, it will do anything to get McCormick the nomination. With a race this close it doesn't take a lot to flip it.

[maxsolomon]

11. I don't know about these GQP absentee ballots.

Please share a link to this story; there's nothing that shows up on a Google search.

Are you suggesting that the PA Board of Elections deliberately disappeared GQP-area absentee ballots to throw the Primary? Yes, that's a pretty crazy conspiracy theory, but Barnette is probably alleging the same.

[Nevilledog]

19. Here ya go

GOP staffers fired after possible 'ballot harvesting' operation found in Pa.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100216684874

[maxsolomon]

20. thanks. article mentions "dozens" of ballots.

because it's in the Primary, it is amusing to me. F the GQP.

[Nevilledog]

21. Not sure they actually know how many.

Not sure they know if this scheme is broader than just this one addy.

[MagickMuffin]

2. Oh Kathy IT WAS RIGGED, NOW GO AND FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS

It was rigged BIGGLY!

Perhaps race played a role as well. I didn't know about you until yesterday and had no idea you were black woman.

And good on you for not supporting the November candidate. Now convince your loyal supporters to do the same. Sit this one out!

[3Hotdogs]

5. Yuppers, Kathy.

Tell your supporters to stay home from the rigged general election. That’s the only way to teach the party bigwigs a lesson.

[DanieRains]

15. The Establishment An Fox Attacked Her Relentlessly And Then Some More

Doesn't sound fair to me.

[TheRealNorth]

16. +1

Divide and conquer.

[Ocelot II]

4. Of course they are. From now on, every time a MAGAt loses an election

they'll complain that it was rigged. Every damn time, just watch.

[FakeNoose]

7. The only "rigging" was when Repukes enrolled as Dems so they could screw up our primary

But of course that didn't make any difference because Fetterman was so far out in front. And Shapiro didn't even have a competitor. Maybe Barnette forgot to say that it was the Repukes who tried to rig the election?

Or maybe she should just STFU.

[Chainfire]

8. Let me get this straight. Republicans are saying that Republicans rigged an election?

Or did Obama and Hillary somehow rig it? I am mightily confused. And, more importantly, "What about her emails?"

[Takket]

10. I agree. I think it was rigged

The only fair thing to do is put her AND Oz both on the ballot to face Fetterman

[TheRealNorth]

18. Yup

She should run 3rd Party on the MAGA ticket.

[tanyev]

12. You betcha, Kathy, and it was Trump, Fox News and the GOP that did it.

Go get ‘em!

[no_hypocrisy]

13. At this point, it's reflex

[thatdemguy]

14. I still think every primary is rigged.

I have been out on the street for a county council member who was term limited and ran for the county exec position. In his council member elections he had 90 plus % of the democratic vote, when it came time for the county exec position in his own district he only had 40% of the vote. Explain that one.

Prince Georges county Maryland government is crooked as can be. My mother who was an aide to the above council member was brought before a grand jury with immunity due to the stuff that goes on in that county. She moved out of the county due to fear of reprisals from the county .gov.

[In It to Win It]

17. I hope she runs as an write in or something... siphon votes from whoever the GOP nominee will be

[peggysue2]

22. I knew this would happen

Kathy Barnette claimed fraud when she lost her bid for Congress. Lost it by TWENTY POINTS. This has become a Republican theme song:

If I lose, it was fraud. If I win, everything is hunky-dory.

Tiresome.