Voter Fraud! 58,000 illegal votes in Texas.

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K1052

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The incompetent acting Texas Secretary of State resigned.

Texas’s acting secretary of state, David Whitley (R), resigned Monday just months after leading the botched voter purge of nearly 100,000 suspected noncitizens that erroneously also targeted U.S. citizens, efforts that drew rebukes from a federal judge and numerous voter rights groups.

Whitley’s departure came as the Texas Senate failed to confirm him to the position by a two-thirds majority on the last day of the legislative session. He submitted his resignation letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) “effective immediately” just before the final gavel, as reported by the Austin American-Statesman. Abbott accepted his resignation shortly afterward, praisinghis “moral character and integrity.”


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trenchfoot

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Good to know that karma swift-kicked his ass out of there. Sad to know that his resignation will not change a single thing with how the Repubs are behaving in such an unscrupulous underhanded manner.

With Trump as their role model, the Repub Party have become what Trump always was, of which by now I don't really need to describe anymore.

Lies are the stock-in-trade for the party. Lies keeps the party alive. Lies are treated as just another tool that's used to win elections. For the Repubs lies are now much better to accept and rely on than the ugly truths and facts of the present condition their party is in and how they are compelled to lie or die.

Most of all, lies produce absolutely zero negative repercussions or disdain from among the ranks of the Repubs. Most of them know they're being lied to on a daily/hourly basis by their political leadership while accepting the fact that those lies are like life rafts meant to keep the faithful a viable force to be reckoned with all while their ship of state sinks deeper and deeper into the swamp their chosen leader repeatedly said he was going to drain.
 

fskimospy

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Good to know that karma swift-kicked his ass out of there. Sad to know that his resignation will not change a single thing with how the Repubs are behaving in such an unscrupulous underhanded manner.

With Trump as their role model, the Repub Party have become what Trump always was, of which by now I don't really need to describe anymore.

Lies are the stock-in-trade for the party. Lies keeps the party alive. Lies are treated as just another tool that's used to win elections. For the Repubs lies are now much better to accept and rely on than the ugly truths and facts of the present condition their party is in and how they are compelled to lie or die.

Most of all, lies produce absolutely zero negative repercussions or disdain from among the ranks of the Repubs. Most of them know they're being lied to on a daily/hourly basis by their political leadership while accepting the fact that those lies are like life rafts meant to keep the faithful a viable force to be reckoned with all while their ship of state sinks deeper and deeper into the swamp their chosen leader repeatedly said he was going to drain.

It is interesting that telling blatant lies does not get you in trouble in the Republican Party today but telling the truth if it doesn't agree with the party line does.

It was truly amazing when Larry Kudlow got in trouble for acknowledging the fact that tariffs are in fact taxes on Americans, not the Chinese. Like... that's just reality. Apparently if he had lied about it things would have been fine.
 

trenchfoot

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As usual for the Repubs, Whitley's only mistake was not so much being incompetent, it was that his incompetence led to his being exposed for what he was up to.

Like a lot of other crap moves the Repubs have become notorious for, they'll try anything to keep power if they can get away with it and if they do get caught, well then it's a case of taking a hit for the party with martyrdom and the resultant rewards it brings. Their heroes are becoming more numerous as the party becomes more desperate.

There is no wrong in anything they do unless it hurts them at the polls. That's all that matters. For the fact that they think passing blatantly restrictive and targeted "voting rights" laws is a perfectly legal and fine thing to do (if they can get away with it) gives one all the reason she/he needs to see where the Repub mentality is at and more frightening to ponder, where it's headed.
 

dawp

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perhaps we should start talking about the 'second amendment solution' for these officials that try to pull this crap. maybe if they're scared enough they will rethink this course of action. that seems all they understand.
 
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DrDoug

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He failed to perform to their satisfaction during his probationary period. Not only that but he made the president look bad with his tweeting the lie.

OK, the second sentence is a lie... they're Republicans and they don't give a shit what Combover Caligula says.
 

SMOGZINN

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Good to know that karma swift-kicked his ass out of there.

This was not karma, this was a planned tactic. It did not look like the Texas legislator was going to confirmed him in the position, so he resigned the last possible day of the session so that Abbot can appoint another Secretary of State that will be able to act until the next session of the Texas Legislator, which will not be until after Abbot's term is up. As ElFenix pointed out Abbot could technically re-appoint him as Secretary of State. I don't think he will because he would be too closely scrutinized to do the job Abbot wants, which is to continue the voter purge.
 

Jhhnn

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GOP accusations of voter fraud are based on the bullshit asymmetry principle, Brandolini's law. The faithful never get past the original splashy headlines and are inoculated against the truth in the process. From their perspective, there just must be something to it all since the leaders of their team keep going back to it, time & time again. Crying "Wolf!" always works on them.
 

SMOGZINN

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GOP accusations of voter fraud are based on the bullshit asymmetry principle, Brandolini's law.

I now just assume that when Republicans accuse Democrats of something it is because they know it can be done because they are doing it. Nothing makes one more paranoid of cheating like being a cheater.
 

K1052

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I now just assume that when Republicans accuse Democrats of something it is because they know it can be done because they are doing it. Nothing makes one more paranoid of cheating like being a cheater.

This describes Trump, in particular, perfectly. He thinks everybody else is a lying criminal with no morals or any drive beyond money/raw power/fame. He literally cannot comprehend anything else so it colors his impression of all events as is evident in his responses.