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Rhiannon12866

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Mon Oct 30, 2023, 02:22 AM Oct 2023

Wow! MAGA candidates get RUDE AWAKENING in Deep-Red State, TOTAL WIPEOUT - Meidas Touch



MAGA candidates in Tennessee got a huge rude awakening when they were rejected by voters in unison during recent local elections. Meidas contributor Troy reports. - 10/30/2023.
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Wow! MAGA candidates get RUDE AWAKENING in Deep-Red State, TOTAL WIPEOUT - Meidas Touch (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 OP
Article: Voters soundly reject Gabrielle Hanson, other MAGA candidates in historic Franklin, Tennessee election Demovictory9 Oct 2023 #1
Thanks! I had heard of her, John Oliver reported on her a couple of weeks ago Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #2
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Demovictory9

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1. Article: Voters soundly reject Gabrielle Hanson, other MAGA candidates in historic Franklin, Tennessee election
Mon Oct 30, 2023, 02:44 AM
Oct 2023
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/franklin-politics/voters-soundly-reject-gabrielle-hanson-other-maga-candidates-in-historic-franklin-tennessee-election

Voters soundly reject Gabrielle Hanson, other MAGA candidates in historic Franklin, Tennessee election


FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — In perhaps the most bizarre race that this picturesque Middle Tennessee community has ever experienced, Franklin voters resoundingly rejected a candidate for mayor who openly embraced white supremacists and Christian nationalism.

Incumbent Mayor Ken Moore easily defeated Gabrielle Hanson, a local real estate developer and first-term city alderman who faced one controversy after another. White supremacists showed up at a candidates forum in a show of support for Hanson, who refused to distance herself from the men despite broad condemnation from fellow aldermen.

Final election results show Moore garnered 12,822 votes (79.4%), compared to Hanson's 3,322 votes (20.6%).


The election results also brought a decisive defeat for other MAGA candidates for alderman-at-large that had been supported by the far-right Williamson Families PAC, including Jeff Feldman, Patrick George and Gary Moore.

"The challenges of this election have made our community stronger," Moore said as he and his supporters celebrated their victory.

Rhiannon12866

(258,716 posts)
2. Thanks! I had heard of her, John Oliver reported on her a couple of weeks ago
Mon Oct 30, 2023, 03:06 AM
Oct 2023

Clearly a well-deserved defeat! It's got to say something when she's too extreme to Tennessee after having watched the disturbing difficulties of the Tennessee Three!

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