Pennsylvania Republican blasts election audit, rebukes fraud claims

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Source: Reuters

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 for the party.

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.

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

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1. Fraudsters need to feel some down time in the pen

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3. Wouldn't that be great?

[Harker]

2. It's good to see the remaining sane ones speak up.

It's the only way forward for people who possess honor.

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4. "Republican from Erie County"

For the first time in who knows how long, Erie County flipped to (R) for President in 2016 and thankfully Joe Biden was able to work them to come back into the (D) fold in 2020.

I suppose he might be concerned of losing more ground since his party has gone full on loon, and the state (R) elected officials have started to move that way as well.