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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,741 posts)
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 02:47 PM Sep 2022

GOP primary losers throwing party into chaos before the midterms

According to a report from the Daily Beast, more than a few Republican Party primary losers are refusing to take their losses gracefully and are taking a page out of Donald Trump's playbook and complaining about election theft.

With the GOP leadership trying to focus on the midterm elections which are now less than 60 days away, they are also having to deal with disgruntled far-right candidates who are casting doubt on the primary victors -- which could come back to haunt the party when the voters go to the polls in November.

As the Beast's Kelly Weill wrote, "From Colorado to Florida, a new cohort of Republican primary candidates have adopted a local version of Donald Trump’s election denial, refusing to accept their losses, even if it means accusing their own party of election tampering ahead of the general election."

Case in point, she wrote, is Tina Peters who lost her bid to be the Republican nominee for secretary of state in Colorado as she was buffeted by an indictment on 10 counts related to election equipment tampering by a grand jury.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-primary-losers-throwing-party-into-chaos-before-the-midterms-report/ar-AA127CWQ

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GOP primary losers throwing party into chaos before the midterms (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 OP
there are people who lose elections and then there are LOSERS Skittles Sep 2022 #1
I mean, I don't mind... ColinC Sep 2022 #2
I love it when they turn on each other. See how they like being called cheaters Walleye Sep 2022 #3
Master class in screwing up a midterm D_Master81 Sep 2022 #4
Self-selection for extremism results in extremists doing extreme things. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #5
This. Extremists usually self destruct. Hortensis Sep 2022 #14
"Republicans in Disarray!" Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #6
Reap what you sow liberal N proud Sep 2022 #7
Use the Idiotocracy against themselves! LiberalLovinLug Sep 2022 #8
Hahahahaha ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #9
Oh, such a beautiful thing is schadenfreude! And irony. And karma. Now Republicans are complaining Martin68 Sep 2022 #10
The more the better. LiberalFighter Sep 2022 #11
Hire a clown Danascot Sep 2022 #12
There is not a doubt in my mind DENVERPOPS Sep 2022 #13

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
4. Master class in screwing up a midterm
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 02:55 PM
Sep 2022

The GOP should’ve cake walked to regaining the house and senate this year with the inflation numbers and current economic uncertainty. The fact that it’s in doubt shows how moronic that party has become.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. This. Extremists usually self destruct.
Sat Sep 24, 2022, 01:04 PM
Sep 2022

Dysfunctionality is intrinsic to extremism.

It's scary that what's happening here is part of what's happening in many nations around the planet. Big, destructive forces are destabilizing and threatening humanity even as planetwide wellbeing has become possible.

Martin68

(22,765 posts)
10. Oh, such a beautiful thing is schadenfreude! And irony. And karma. Now Republicans are complaining
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 05:11 PM
Sep 2022

that their Republican primary opponents cheated. It's the only way they know how to deal with an electoral loss: cry "they stole the vote" loud and long until; everybody gets a headache and goes home. I'm looking forward to the effect this will have on the GOP turnout in the midterm elections.

DENVERPOPS

(8,790 posts)
13. There is not a doubt in my mind
Sat Sep 24, 2022, 12:50 PM
Sep 2022

That every last Republican who loses in the 2022 election will file lawsuits across the entire nation claiming voter fraud.
From the top of the ballot, all the way down to dog catchers and street crossing guards..........

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