Far-Right Election Denier Beats Trump’s Pick in Michigan

[Scott]

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“Republicans here, reeling from a midterm election rout that many blamed on the influence of former president Donald Trump, responded Saturday by spurning the former president’s choice for state party chair — and choosing someone even more extreme,” the Washington Post reports.

 

“Kristina Karamo, who refused to concede her 14-point loss for secretary of state in 2022, beat former attorney general candidate Matt DePerno, who had Trump’s endorsement, in three rounds of contentious voting. The chaotic 11-hour convention, featuring a rowdy standoff over voting procedures and 10 candidates who all ran under a pro-Trump banner, left no doubt that the bulk of the party’s activists in this key battleground state remain firmly committed to election denial and showed no interest in moderating their message to appeal to the political center.”

 

https://politicalwire.com/2023/02/18/far-right-election-denier-beats-trumps-pick-in-michigan/

 

[Tug]

At this point the more crazy the better because it’s so much easier for the moderates to call them out and defeat them Imo 

[ukrules]

Interesting, I was informed by all media that Trump is the far right, were they wrong?

 

Time will tell.

[ozimoron]

36 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Interesting, I was informed by all media that Trump is the far right, were they wrong?

 

Time will tell.

It should read "another far right election denier"

[thaibeachlovers]

8 hours ago, Scott said:

“Republicans here, reeling from a midterm election rout that many blamed on the influence of former president Donald Trump, responded Saturday by spurning the former president’s choice for state party chair — and choosing someone even more extreme,” the Washington Post reports.

IMO, for what it's worth, the US is already split beyond repair and can expect to see candidates that are more extreme ( of both parties ) getting elected.

It's a pity there isn't a more moderate political party that stands a chance of getting into power.

[Chomper Higgot]

4 hours ago, ukrules said:

Interesting, I was informed by all media that Trump is the far right, were they wrong?

 

Time will tell.

Far right, gets beat by extreme right.

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Here's something that was included in this article which was based on excerpts taken from the Washington Post's article.

"In a Thursday speech to a right-wing “patriot” group in nearby Charlotte, Karamo argued that Christianity belonged at the core of American politics, called evolution “one of the biggest frauds ever perpetuated on society,” and asserted the existence of demons.

“When we start talking about the spiritual reality of the demonic forces, it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, this is crazy, we can’t go there,’” Karamo said."

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/18/michigan-gop-chair-karamo-trump/

 

[ozimoron]

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO, for what it's worth, the US is already split beyond repair and can expect to see candidates that are more extreme ( of both parties ) getting elected.

It's a pity there isn't a more moderate political party that stands a chance of getting into power.

Which US party is trying to overthrow elections and introduce a religious government? There isn't a far left like there is a far right.

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7 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Which US party is trying to overthrow elections and introduce a religious government? There isn't a far left like there is a far right.

thabeachlovers' claim is just another false claim of both-sideism.

[Phoenix Rising]

The level of bat s**t crazy on the right far, faaaaaaaaaar exceeds that on the left. Let's use bonkers conspiracy theories as an example. 

Can anyone name even one originating on the left?

[ozimoron]

12 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

The level of bat s**t crazy on the right far, faaaaaaaaaar exceeds that on the left. Let's use bonkers conspiracy theories as an example. 

Can anyone name even one originating on the left?

Trump is just as extreme far right as any of his pretenders who might seek to take his mantle.

 

While David at first hoped his son was merely joking, it turned out that he had been drawn into the shadowy digital world of QAnon, which posits that former President Donald Trump is working to bring down a global cabal of Satanist pedophiles that include the entire Democratic Party and the Hollywood elite.

 

His son's belief in QAnon became so all-encompassing, that the two soon found it difficult to have any discussion that did not involve celebrities drinking the adrenochrome of children.

 

Things took a more hopeful turn at one point when David's son got a girlfriend, which he had hoped would cool his QAnon fever. However, this hope was dashed soon after when his son started talking to him about how he now believed that the Earth was flat.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-2659439727/

 

One post on a 4Chan message board on the morning of Oct. 30th, 2017, saying that Hillary Clinton would be arrested, written by an anonymous user who would become known as ‘Q’, soon exploded into a group known today as QAnon.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/inside-qanon-rise-trump-became-042000489.html

Edited February 20, 2023 by ozimoron

[candide]

11 hours ago, ukrules said:

Interesting, I was informed by all media that Trump is the far right, were they wrong?

 

Time will tell.

Trump is whatever he thinks may be useful to him. He started by identifying as a Democrat, then his conman instinct led him to change side. His problem is that, while courting the far-right allows him to own the GOP, it doesn't work well with moderate electors.

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The lord of the lemmings strikes again!

 

Trump Salutes New Michigan GOP Chair
February 19, 2023 at 4:40 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 

Former President Donald Trump gave a shout out to the newly-selected head of the Michigan Republican party despite not supporting her bid for the post.

Said Trump: “Congratulations to Kristina Karamo, a powerful and fearless Election Denier, in winning the Chair of the GOP in Michigan. If Republicans (and others!) would speak the truth about the Rigged Presidential Election of 2020, like FoxNews should, but doesn’t, they would be far better off.”

https://politicalwire.com/2023/02/19/trump-salutes-new-michigan-gop-chair/

 

[heybruce]

22 hours ago, placeholder said:

Here's something that was included in this article which was based on excerpts taken from the Washington Post's article.

"In a Thursday speech to a right-wing “patriot” group in nearby Charlotte, Karamo argued that Christianity belonged at the core of American politics, called evolution “one of the biggest frauds ever perpetuated on society,” and asserted the existence of demons.

“When we start talking about the spiritual reality of the demonic forces, it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, this is crazy, we can’t go there,’” Karamo said."

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/18/michigan-gop-chair-karamo-trump/

 

Something is seriously wrong with a state Republican Party that would elect someone so obviously b*tsh*t crazy as leader of the party.