Convicted 'Cowboys for Trump' founder threatening to throw out 7,123 primary votes in New Mexico:

[riversedge]

crap. These Repugs do anything to stay in power.

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Convicted ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder threatening to throw out 7,123 primary votes in New Mexico: report
Bob Brigham June 14, 2022


Otero County is once again facing an election scandal as the Republican-controlled county commission is threatening to throw out over 7,000 votes by refusing to certify the results of the June 7 primary.

"Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to order the three-member Otero County commission to certify June 7 primary election results to ensure voters are not disenfranchised and that political candidates have access to the general election ballot in November," the Associated Press reported Tuesday. "On Monday, the commission in its role as a county canvassing board voted unanimously against certifying the results of the primary without raising specific concerns about discrepancies, over the objection of the county clerk."

The county counted 7,123 votes in the state's gubernatorial primaries.

"Members of the Otero County commission include Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin, who ascribes to unsubstantiated claims that Trump won the 2020 election. Griffin was convicted of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds — though not the building — amid the riots on Jan. 6, 2021, and is scheduled for sentencing later this month. He acknowledged that the standoff over this primary could delay the outcome of local election races," the AP reported..............................



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Convicted ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder threatening to throw out 7,123 primary votes in New Mexico: report
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New Mexico’s Secretary of State filed suit today against the Otero County Commission for refusing to certify thousands of primary ballots. Guess who sits on the three-member commission: https://google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2022/03/22/cowboys-for-trump-founder-convicted-jan-6-00019270

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Cowboys for Trump founder convicted for breaching Capitol grounds on Jan. 6

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/22/cowboys-for-trump-founder-convicted-jan-6-00019270



It’s a crucial milestone for prosecutors as they seek plea deals and convictions for hundreds of members of the Jan. 6 mob who crossed into Capitol grounds.
Couy Griffin speaks to journalists as he leave federal court in Washington on Monday. | Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo

By Kyle Cheney

03/22/2022 12:19 PM EDT

Updated: 03/22/2022 01:34 PM EDT

Couy Griffin, a New Mexico county commissioner and the founder of Cowboys for Trump, was convicted Tuesday for breaching the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, joining a mob of thousands that forced then-Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress to flee for safety.

The verdict, delivered by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden after a two-day bench trial, capped a 14-month legal odyssey that forced the Justice Department to reveal the long-secret location that Pence fled to during the riot and raised questions about the level of culpability that belonged to each person who entered Capitol grounds that day — even if they committed no acts of violence or destruction.


“He crossed over three different walls,” McFadden said, noting that they were tall enough to require assistance to surmount. “All of this would suggest to a normal person that perhaps you should not be entering the area.”

McFadden added that Griffin smelled OC spray, which had been used by police to deter the oncoming mob. .................................................

[2naSalit]

1. K&R

[TheRealNorth]

2. Send a SWAT team and lock him up...

If he resists, put him in a pine box.

[Arazi]

3. A small foreshadowing of what's ahead in November 😬

[FloridaBlues]

6. I was just going to write this. Yes I'm afraid this is things to come 2022.

[Arazi]

9. The Nevada Secretary of State Republican candidate is also an election denier

Dems need to vote overwhelmingly this fall

[SoonerPride]

18. It may not even matter.

Overwhelming majorities won't save us when Republicans just choose not to count the votes.

It's terrifying.

[tishaLA]

4. Christ. We have to rely on the courts to save us now

and enough of them have been corrupted by their associations with whatshisname and his cronies.

[SoonerPride]

19. With SCOTUS as it is that's highly doubtful.

"elections are up to the states" or some such nonsense.

[SergeStorms]

5. Not this whacko again.

I thought they'd be able to rid Otero Country of this particularly nasty piece of trash after his J6 exploits. Like his hero, TFG, he's going to do anything to keep his grubby little hands on whatever power he has.

This Cowboy for Fascism needs to go.

[duhneece]

12. He 'pulled in' a grifter buddy, David Clements, to sell the fake audit

I believe Clements has now raised over $300,000 on a ‘Christian’ go-find-me site.
At March County Commission meeting Clements accused me of making death threats against his family, setting me up as a target.
And the other two commissioners buy their bullshit.
We do have a candidate. More to come.

[SergeStorms]

17. I know you've had dust-ups with these doorknobs....

before, Denise, and I was hoping you'd weigh in on this. You're up to your eyebrows with right-wing yahoos down there, and they're a particularly nasty variety of Trumpaholics.

Sooner or later these "christians" are going to wake up and realize they've been laying down with the devil. Or maybe they won't. I don't know how they can rationalize their words and actions and still call themselves christians.

Don't let those New Mexico bastards get you down my friend. I hope you're healthy and well. Take care.

[crickets]

7. Just great. K&R for visibility.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. New Mexico secretary of state sues county commission over refusal to certify primary results

We will be having more issues if more TFG election deniers are elected to office. Here some TFG idiots are refusing to certify some election results because they believe the Big Lie and do not trust Dominion voting machines

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New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to order a three-member county commission to certify the results of the June 7 primary elections in Otero County -- after commission members refused to do so this week, citing concerns about Dominion vote-counting machines.

The action by the Otero County Commission is one of the first examples of a county blocking the certification of results in the 2022 election cycle, and Oliver, a Democrat, warned of the potential for similar moves in other New Mexico communities.

In a statement, Oliver said the Otero County Commissioners were "appeasing unfounded conspiracy theories and potentially nullifying the votes of every Otero County voter who participated in the primary" with their action.....

In her filing with the state Supreme Court, Oliver warned that other New Mexico counties also may balk at certifying their primary results in the days ahead, citing a "statewide attempt to influence other county canvassing boards."

"We assume other counties will be noncompliant with this provision which jeopardizes the general election ballot for all candidates," the filing said.

There will be a ton of these lawsuits if too many TFG supporters who back the Big Lie are elected to office

[Cha]

20. Rt💕TY.. Hope Maggie T Oliver Wins!

This needs to Blow back on that Freaking Asshole!

💙💛

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

[rownesheck]

11. Why is that fuckwad

allowed to be on any commission?! HE WAS CONVICTED OF BREACHING THE GROUNDS OF THE US CAPITOL!!!!!

He shouldn't be allowed to be on any sort of governing body at all!!!

I'm at the end of my rope. This country is a fucking shithole.

[duhneece]

13. This is MY County

What’s beyond being at the end of one’s rope? Lol

[ancianita]

15. Take it up with your Sec of State and legislature. They were brilliant about qualified immunity;

they should be able to legislate a state law to penalize attempts to obstruct and nullify district popular votes.

[duhneece]

16. It will be interesting to see how the SOS lawsuit turns out

All of my state legislators are Republicans. But we’re meeting with probable New Democratic AG this Sunday, Raul Torres.

[ancianita]

21. Best of luck, duhneece. May the Democrats prevail.

[Karadeniz]

14. Back to the drawing board... states should forbid convicted criminals from serving as election

officials.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. I heard on Rachel that these assholes have until Friday to certify

The convicted felon is also scheduled to be sentenced on Friday

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