New Mexico county certifies election results, bowing to court order

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post

Commissioners in New Mexico’s Otero County voted 2 to 1 Friday to comply with a state Supreme Court order and certify primary-election results, reversing an earlier rejection of vote totals over unfounded claims that voting machines were insecure. In an afternoon meeting, Republican County Commissioners Vickie Marquardt and Gerald Matherly voted to certify the results from the state’s June 7 primary over the objections of the third commissioner, Couy Griffin.

Griffin, the founder of Cowboys for Trump, spoke by phone from Washington, where he had been sentenced earlier Friday to 14 days in jail on one count of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In his remarks, Griffin refused to back down from assertions that the machines were not secure or apologize for leading a charge against a normally straightforward procedural vote that caused a week-long uproar.

“My vote to remain a no isn’t based on any evidence, it’s not based on any facts, it’s only based on my gut feeling and my own intuition, and that’s all I need,” Griffin said. On Wednesday, New Mexico’s Supreme Court granted an emergency petition by the secretary of state demanding that the Otero commissioners do their job and approve some 7,300 votes from the primary, where races such as the county’s only state House seat and county sheriff hung in the balance.

The state’s attorney general, Hector Balderas, had said Friday that the commissioners “must comply with the rule of law” or face legal action and potentially be removed from office. “I don’t want to let anybody down, I know there’s a lot of people who want us to stand our ground,” Marquardt said Friday. But, she said, “I don’t think it’s worth us getting removed from our seats to do that.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/17/new-mexico-county-weighs-defying-order-certify-election-results/

[ornotna]

1. I have a gut feeling

That Couy is an imbecile.

[mopinko]

2. i have a gut feeling he's going to jail.

sentenced to 14 days for j6.

[ArizonaLib]

4. Lynch mob member

Who hunted American elected officials. Delousing shampoo for that cowboy!

[drray23]

15. no he is not.

he was sentenced to time served. He must have been detained earlier after he got charged.

[duhneece]

23. No, he has to serve 14 days in jail

Pay a $3,000 fine and do 60 hours of community service

[intheflow]

8. I have a gut feeling.

This guy makes me want to puke!

[sheshe2]

3. About time.

[Cha]

5. YAY.. I was so waiting for news on this!!

TY BRDS!!

No proof, Asshole.

💙💛

[Beartracks]

6. "I know there's a lot of people who want us to stand our ground..."

Also probably based more on gut feelings and not evidence.



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[soldierant]

18. As a thought experiment, let's assume he's right

but every one of those people who would want them to stand their ground is an idiot.

[bluestarone]

7. Gotta wonder tho, if this is a plan for all the rethuglicon controled

State Supreme courts? Then what?

[perfessor]

9. Carl Sagan once said

"I try not to think with my gut."

[dobleremolque]

11. We, the jury, find the defendant

guilty ... 'cause we have a gut feeling he did it.

[W T F]

12. I got a gut feeling that Griffin is a child molester....I don't have any evidence,

but that's good enough for me........See how that works?

[dalton99a]

14. +1.

[SergeStorms]

13. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😊😁😁

That's all. Just beaming smiley faces.

[keithbvadu2]

16. Listening to your gut

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Perfect!

[SheltieLover]

17. Kicking for visibility

[lees1975]

19. No evidence, just a gut feeling?

He should be removed and sent to jail for the crimes he committed.

That's my gut feeling and it's supported by evidence.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. For this thread

Link to tweet

[MissMillie]

22. His gut didn't tell him anything... TFG did.

Lindell did. Fox News did. Newsmax did. OANN did. Sidney Powell did. Rudy Giuliani did.