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Extreme MAGA Republican nominees are refusing to say theyll accept the results of their elections if they lose, representing an existential threat to our democracy.
This includes high profile senate races in AZ, FL, KS, MI, NH, NC, PA, and TX.
washingtonpost.com
Republicans in key battleground races refuse to say they will accept results
Of the 19 GOP candidates questioned by The Washington Post, a dozen declined to answer or refused to commit. Democrats overwhelmingly said they would respect the results
9:52 AM · Sep 19, 2022
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Extreme MAGA Republican nominees are refusing to say theyll accept the results of their elections if they lose, representing an existential threat to our democracy.
This includes high profile senate races in AZ, FL, KS, MI, NH, NC, PA, and TX.
washingtonpost.com
Republicans in key battleground races refuse to say they will accept results
Of the 19 GOP candidates questioned by The Washington Post, a dozen declined to answer or refused to commit. Democrats overwhelmingly said they would respect the results
9:52 AM · Sep 19, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/18/republicans-refuse-accept-results/
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A dozen Republican candidates in competitive races for governor and Senate have declined to say whether they would accept the results of their contests, raising the prospect of fresh post-election chaos two years after Donald Trump refused to concede the presidency.
In a survey by The Washington Post of 19 of the most closely watched statewide races in the country, the contrast between Republican and Democratic candidates was stark. While seven GOP nominees committed to accepting the outcomes in their contests, 12 either refused to commit or declined to respond. On the Democratic side, 18 said they would accept the outcome and one did not respond to The Posts survey.
The reluctance of many GOP candidates to embrace a long-standing tenet of American democracy shows how Trumps assault on the integrity of U.S. elections has spread far beyond the 2020 presidential race. This year, multiple losing candidates could refuse to accept their defeats.
Trump, who continues to claim without evidence that his loss to Joe Biden in 2020 was rigged, has attacked fellow Republicans who do not agree making election denialism the price of admission in many GOP primaries. More than half of all Republican nominees for federal and statewide office with powers over election administration have embraced unproven claims that fraud tainted Bidens win, according to a Washington Post tally.
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Republicans in key battleground races refuse to say they will accept results (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2022
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And if they don't accept the loss, then they should be forever denied ever running for any
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2022
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Lovie777
(12,262 posts)1. It must not look too good for them .......
I think we may keep the house and senate.
Walleye
(31,022 posts)2. So they lose the election, and then make a lifelong career out of the loss
SWBTATTReg
(22,124 posts)3. And if they don't accept the loss, then they should be forever denied ever running for any
future office again. Period.
They must respect the rule of law. Our elections are among the safest, more secure elections in the world (contrary to what the orange ape says, and he only says this because he can't admit that he lost and lost bigly).