Wisconsin GOP to spend 'at least' $680,000 in hunt for proof of Trump’s bogus election claims
Aug 27, 2021 12:00:20 #
Melanie Conklin, Wisconsin Examiner
August 26, 2021
Wisconsin GOP to spend 'at least' $680,000 in hunt for proof of Trump’s bogus election claims
Reince Priebus (Gage Skidmore/Flickr Creative Commons)
On Wednesday dueling releases from the Republican and Democratic leaders of the state Assembly addressed the election audit that Speaker Robin Vos assured former President Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 election, he would perform while riding on Trump's plane to a rally on Saturday.
The so-called audit is part of the project for which Vos hired former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman: to investigate the Wisconsin vote in that election. The Wisconsin election has already been proven in courts, two recounts, machine audits and committee investigations to be fair and accurate. Additionally, Republicans have asked the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau to do another audit that is still underway.
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Vos' release Wednesday said nothing he has not already said multiple times, other than to point out that it was being put out by the entire Assembly GOP, not just his office.
“Assembly Republicans have been working with Justice Gableman to conduct a swift, complete and thorough investigation," the release on behalf of all the Republican members of the Assembly stated. “Part of our discussion has been focused on hiring independent contractors to enhance our efforts. We believe a cyber-forensic audit is necessary to ensure issues did not happen in 2020. We have allocated additional resources to Justice Gableman to ensure this investigation gets to the truth."
Assembly Democratic leader Gordon Hintz put out a release 45 minutes later, drawing attention to an estimate (first reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) from former Trump chief-of-staff and GOP party leader Reince Priebus that the Wisconsin election investigation would cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Priebus offered the estimate in an episode of a podcast hosted by former chief Trump strategist Steve Bannon. On his 'Bannons War Room' podcast, Bannon falsely asserted that “the most clear-cut steal is Wisconsin." Nodding, Priebus said, “I think the bill is going to fund $680,000, at least, to start."
Calling Bannon “disgraced" and an “alt-right extremist," Hintz pointed out that there is no question about the results and integrity of Wisconsin's 2020 presidential election:
“There was never a question about the results and the integrity of the 2020 election. The only question was whether Republican leadership would kiss the ring of Donald Trump and embrace the Big Lie to undermine our democracy.
“Let's be clear," continued Hintz. “This dangerous game being played by Robin Vos and other Wisconsin Republicans is part of a coordinated and well-funded national effort, with the ultimate goal being to undermine and overturn future elections."
Preibus also stated there would be more “outside money coming into Wisconsin." He added that the Wisconsin Republican legislators would also be bringing in “Dr. Shiva," the moniker of V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai, given to him by his conspiracy theory fans. Ayyadurai has promoted discredited and false medical claims and run unsuccessfully twice for the Senate in Massachusetts, where he accused election officials of deleting millions of ballots. He has also had his account suspended by Twitter and claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci is a “deep state plant" who should be fired.
Bogus election claims ?
Let’s not let Afghanistan get in the way of the matters at hand.
1/6
Is still relevant
9 trump lawyers in Michigan losing licenses
Courts filled with 1/6ers
An exciting time to be alive !
August 26, 2021
Wisconsin GOP to spend 'at least' $680,000 in hunt for proof of Trump’s bogus election claims
Reince Priebus (Gage Skidmore/Flickr Creative Commons)
On Wednesday dueling releases from the Republican and Democratic leaders of the state Assembly addressed the election audit that Speaker Robin Vos assured former President Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 election, he would perform while riding on Trump's plane to a rally on Saturday.
The so-called audit is part of the project for which Vos hired former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman: to investigate the Wisconsin vote in that election. The Wisconsin election has already been proven in courts, two recounts, machine audits and committee investigations to be fair and accurate. Additionally, Republicans have asked the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau to do another audit that is still underway.
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Vos' release Wednesday said nothing he has not already said multiple times, other than to point out that it was being put out by the entire Assembly GOP, not just his office.
“Assembly Republicans have been working with Justice Gableman to conduct a swift, complete and thorough investigation," the release on behalf of all the Republican members of the Assembly stated. “Part of our discussion has been focused on hiring independent contractors to enhance our efforts. We believe a cyber-forensic audit is necessary to ensure issues did not happen in 2020. We have allocated additional resources to Justice Gableman to ensure this investigation gets to the truth."
Assembly Democratic leader Gordon Hintz put out a release 45 minutes later, drawing attention to an estimate (first reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) from former Trump chief-of-staff and GOP party leader Reince Priebus that the Wisconsin election investigation would cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Priebus offered the estimate in an episode of a podcast hosted by former chief Trump strategist Steve Bannon. On his 'Bannons War Room' podcast, Bannon falsely asserted that “the most clear-cut steal is Wisconsin." Nodding, Priebus said, “I think the bill is going to fund $680,000, at least, to start."
Calling Bannon “disgraced" and an “alt-right extremist," Hintz pointed out that there is no question about the results and integrity of Wisconsin's 2020 presidential election:
“There was never a question about the results and the integrity of the 2020 election. The only question was whether Republican leadership would kiss the ring of Donald Trump and embrace the Big Lie to undermine our democracy.
“Let's be clear," continued Hintz. “This dangerous game being played by Robin Vos and other Wisconsin Republicans is part of a coordinated and well-funded national effort, with the ultimate goal being to undermine and overturn future elections."
Preibus also stated there would be more “outside money coming into Wisconsin." He added that the Wisconsin Republican legislators would also be bringing in “Dr. Shiva," the moniker of V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai, given to him by his conspiracy theory fans. Ayyadurai has promoted discredited and false medical claims and run unsuccessfully twice for the Senate in Massachusetts, where he accused election officials of deleting millions of ballots. He has also had his account suspended by Twitter and claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci is a “deep state plant" who should be fired.
Bogus election claims ?
Let’s not let Afghanistan get in the way of the matters at hand.
1/6
Is still relevant
9 trump lawyers in Michigan losing licenses
Courts filled with 1/6ers
An exciting time to be alive !
Aug 27, 2021 12:06:14 #
Milosia2 wrote:
Melanie Conklin, Wisconsin Examiner br August 26, ... (show quote)
Sill trying to divert from Biden's massive failures that cost American lives.
Aug 27, 2021 12:10:07 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
Milosia2 wrote:
Melanie Conklin, Wisconsin Examiner br August 26, ... (show quote)
Trump, Trump, Trump.
Aug 27, 2021 12:13:44 #
Liberty Tree wrote:
Sill trying to divert from Biden's massive failures that cost American lives.
Sorry but to me, it’s youz diverting from the goings on in your homeland.
Aug 28, 2021 13:15:22 #
Oldsargeant
Loc: SW Florida
You’re a very ignorant and bitter person, please get therapy. Living in the mistake on the lake where more people voted for Obama than were registered to vote kinda negates any value you might add to any conversation.
Aug 28, 2021 13:31:25 #
Oldsargeant wrote:
You’re a very ignorant and bitter person, please get therapy. Living in the mistake on the lake where more people voted for Obama than were registered to vote kinda negates any value you might add to any conversation.
Well, that settles it.
I know who won the election, so maybe it’s you who needs therapy.
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