obama week watch extreme drone voting ellis shapiro conservative riot star campaign political stolen women mastriano report professor machines going governors vote shredded presidential denier closer election county lies major

Articles for Mastriano, search results for arizona

GOP leaders' pandering to extremists has left the party in crisis: analysis
1 year, 9 months ago

GOP leaders' pandering to extremists has left the party in crisis: analysis

Raw Story  

Republican leaders are regretting their years of allying with extremists who have slowly become the base voters of their party — and are stopping the party from nominating candidates capable of winning key elections, according to an analysis in The New Republic published on Thursday. Sen. Mitt Romney told reporters that Trump's endorsement was a "kiss of death," while Senate …

Trump Candidates Senate Republican Gop Run Shephard
Conspiracists seeking key state election posts falling short
2 years, 1 month ago

Conspiracists seeking key state election posts falling short

Associated Press  

Republicans who backed Donald Trump’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election lost key races to oversee elections in some competitive states, even as others remained positioned to take those offices in more conservative parts of the country. In Minnesota, Republican Kim Crockett, who echoed some of Trump’s lies about voting, lost her bid for secretary of state, which in …

Elections States Trump Election Minnesota Michigan Republican
Sprint to the midterms sets off on unsettled political terrain
2 years, 3 months ago

Sprint to the midterms sets off on unsettled political terrain

CNN  

CNN — The two-month sprint to the midterm elections is set to take place on political terrain that is much less settled than Republicans had hoped it would be, with improving economic news, a raging battle over abortion rights and former President Donald Trump’s return to the forefront raising Democrats’ hopes that the party can hold onto its narrow majority …

Georgia Florida Abortion Trump Candidates Pennsylvania Election
GOP Election Deniers Really Didn't Like Biden's Speech Calling Out GOP Election Deniers
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP Election Deniers Really Didn't Like Biden's Speech Calling Out GOP Election Deniers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden used a prime-time speech Thursday to warn Americans that democracy is “under assault” from “MAGA Republicans” who sought to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election and have pledged to exert more partisan power over future contests. Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem, one of several election deniers who won a GOP secretary of …

Trump Pennsylvania Election Michigan Speech Republican State
Here are 3 things from the second Jan. 6 hearing you might have missed
2 years, 6 months ago

Here are 3 things from the second Jan. 6 hearing you might have missed

Raw Story  

A “definitely intoxicated” Rudy Giuliani. Fundraising for a non-existent Trump “Election Defense Fund.” The second hearing in the series held by the Jan. 6 U.S. House panel to present its findings focused on claims repeatedly voiced by former President Donald Trump that fraud occurred in the 2020 election. Members of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack …

Georgia Campaign Trump Pennsylvania Election Claims Election Day
Another extreme wing of the Republican Party is emerging – and it's not all Trump
2 years, 7 months ago

Another extreme wing of the Republican Party is emerging – and it's not all Trump

Raw Story  

Vance, the Ohioan who grew up poor, joined the Marines, got a Yale law degree, wrote a bestseller about his hardscrabble upbringing, became a venture capitalist, and panned Donald Trump before becoming a convert to Trumpism and winning Ohio’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate, is one brand of 2022’s Republican candidates—a shapeshifter, as the New York Times’ conservative columnist Bret …

Trump Pennsylvania Election Electoral College Democrats Washington Senate
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more in fake GOP electors scheme
2 years, 10 months ago

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more in fake GOP electors scheme

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed six more people Tuesday, including former Trump campaign members and state lawmakers, as it further expands its review into efforts to falsely declare Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 election in several swing states. “We’re seeking records and testimony from former campaign officials and other individuals in various …

Trump Pennsylvania Election False Arizona Republican State
EXPLAINER: Will an election ‘audit’ happen in Pennsylvania?
3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Will an election ‘audit’ happen in Pennsylvania?

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Nearly 10 months after last year’s election, Pennsylvania’s state lawmakers can seemingly no longer avoid pressure to mount an Arizona-style “audit” of the 2020 election, stoked by former President Donald Trump’s persistent and baseless claims that the election was rigged against him. Corman had previously been dismissive of it, saying in June that “we don’t need to …

Trump Pennsylvania Election Democratic Audit Democrats Senate
Trump-fueled election ‘audit’ sparks Senate GOP turmoil
3 years, 4 months ago

Trump-fueled election ‘audit’ sparks Senate GOP turmoil

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The top Republican in Pennsylvania’s Senate said Friday that he is putting a different senator in charge of an “election integrity” undertaking and removed a senator who had made waves by aiming to carry out an Arizona-style “forensic investigation” of Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election. Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman said he had had “many frustrations” with …

Trump Pennsylvania Audit Republican State Biden Gop
Experts raise alarms over fundraising for GOP ballot reviews
3 years, 4 months ago

Experts raise alarms over fundraising for GOP ballot reviews

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The first donation came in early May, for $50, and with a message: “GOD BLESS THE USA! On Wednesday, the firm behind the review — Cyber Ninjas — said it had received $5.6 million from five groups connected to prominent supporters of Trump’s efforts to cast doubt on the 2020 election results. “There’s no credibility to this …

Information Money Trump Pennsylvania Election Arizona Senate
Trump ally launches election audit plan in Pennsylvania
3 years, 5 months ago

Trump ally launches election audit plan in Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker and ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump is launching a “forensic investigation” of the state’s 2020 presidential election, demanding cooperation from counties and mimicking a widely criticized partisan effort in Arizona. The state’s attorney general, Democrat Josh Shapiro, called it a “partisan fishing expedition.” Trump has persistently claimed the 2020 election was …

Trump Pennsylvania Election Audit Democrats Senate Philadelphia
Trump ally in Pennsylvania raises 2020 election audit plan
3 years, 5 months ago

Trump ally in Pennsylvania raises 2020 election audit plan

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Following in the footsteps of Arizona’s Senate Republicans, Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Senate is considering an investigation into how last year’s presidential election was conducted, a quest fueled by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that fraud was behind his loss in the battleground state. Any Senate-issued subpoenas for an Arizona-style “election audit” will face strident opposition from Democrats, …

Legal Trump Pennsylvania Election Audit Democrats State
GOP fight over 2020 election audit brews in Pennsylvania
3 years, 6 months ago

GOP fight over 2020 election audit brews in Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A key member of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is flatly rejecting talk of any sort of audit of the 2020 presidential election, a day after three fellow Republican state lawmakers toured the Arizona Senate GOP’s audit. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, who dismissed their trip to Arizona as an “effort to discredit the integrity of our elections” and …

Pennsylvania Republican House Democrat Ballots County Gop
Arizona GOP election audit draws more Republican politicians
3 years, 6 months ago

Arizona GOP election audit draws more Republican politicians

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Three Pennsylvania lawmakers were in Arizona on Wednesday to check out the state Senate GOP’s partisan audit of the 2020 election. They’re the latest Republicans to make a pilgrimage to Phoenix, ground zero in the “stop the steal” movement’s push to find support for conspiracy theories suggesting the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Absolutely.” As …

Trump Pennsylvania Arizona Senate Republican State Gop