Parroting Trump, GOP primary losers cast doubt on elections

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Parroting Trump, GOP primary losers cast doubt on elections

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
July 16, 2022

DENVER (AP) — It was no shock that state Rep. Ron Hanks and Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters handily lost their recent Republican primaries in Colorado for U.S. Senate and secretary of state.

Hanks was outspent 14-to-1 by his rival. Peters, who was vying to become Colorado’s top elections official, had been indicted on seven felony charges alleging she helped orchestrate a breach of her voting system’s hard drive.

But this past week, both candidates formally requested recounts of their primary elections from June 28, suggesting widespread irregularities seen by no one other than their own campaigns and allies.

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This idea has seeped deeply into this year’s Republican primaries, which have revealed a new political strategy among numerous candidates: running on a platform that denies President Donald Trump’s defeat two years ago. As some of those candidates lose their own races, they are reaching new frontiers in election denial by insisting that those primaries, too, were rigged.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/republican-primary-losers-claim-fraud-parroting-trump-7730988a009dfa0873e8133e19232562

[no_hypocrisy]

1. They have doubts all right . . . .

unless Republicans win the election(s).

This Alice In Wonderland "logic" is an insult to democracy.

[Xoan]

2. Protip: Losers gonna lose.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Even though a Republican won the election.

[MissMillie]

4. Thinking of some repercussions of this stuff

If every election is going to end in a recount (and yes, I do realize that recounts commonly financed by candidates unless the margin is very small), won't this make elections more expensive?

And on that note, will they end up staffing fewer polling places--creating longer lines for voting?