Tina Peters, the Colorado county clerk now facing federal charges for an alleged conspiracy theory-fueled scheme to breach her county election systems’ security protocols, was the clear favorite of core Republican Party voters who met Saturday to pick their 2022 candidates.
“They made me sleep on the concrete jail floor for 30 hours, because I protected your election data,” Peters, who’s actually accused of criminally doing the opposite, told the crowd Saturday.
Up is down. Left is right. Right is wrong. It’s the new GOP motto.
If she worships Mike Lindell, can she demand to us a “My Pillow” as a religious sacrament?
The video showing the arrest of Tina Peters and her behavior during that arrest reveal everything one needs to know about her.
"The top vote-getter Saturday to be Colorado’s next governor, Greg Lopez, said in a speech that “if Tina Peters should be falsely accused — as governor, I will pardon her.”
A state governor promises to pardon a person convicted of felonies in federal court. Tell me exactly how that works, again?
Only in MAGA-world would they seek to elect a Secretary of State who is legally prohibited by a court from being involved in elections. And, they have the nerve to call that “persecution”.
Indeed, up is the new down.
stealing the identity of a local man in order to create an extra security pass for the elections office
Just don’t ask what they’re going to do when Colorado runs out of water. Republicans are laser-focused on rewriting the past. One thing at a time.
It doesn’t, but that doesn’t matter. Standing on the stage and yelling arrant bullshit to the crowd is the point. That’s all they ever do, it’s what passes for policy.
Peters does MAGA virtue-signaling with the best of them and while it may not win her the election it sure looks like it will make her a candidate.
If she wins, something I doubt but could never fully discount in the current era of extraordinarily profitable bullshit, she might have to serve from federal prison. Wonder what Colorado law has to say about that.
ETA: IOW whatever her real beliefs may be – e.g., it is quite possible Ms Peters is really stupid and/or ignorant enough to believe her own absurd assertions – she is not simply running for Colorado SOS, she is running for a Councilor seat on Bullshit Mountain.
But our news media will continue to dutifully report that “both sides…” Putin and his bots will aid and amplify the poison. Friends and co-workers who think it doesn’t affect their lives will continue to parrot the same insidiously dangerous rhetoric. And Republicons will benefit and continue to destroy American democracy from within. Dems. who are involved know the dangers, but our party is unable to convey the enormity of the danger to the voters who must be persuaded. Honestly, I’m just hoping for some positive divine intervention at this point. Biden’s famously religious, so perhaps he has some coin with the man upstairs.
And it works with more than 50% of voters. R’s use the arrant bullshit to control more than 50% of state legislatures.
Pol Pot in drag.
Tina Peters, the Colorado county clerk now facing federal charges:
Misdemeanors? Felonies?
Will there be some bizarre agreement to postpone the prosecution of this case until after the election?
Meanwhile, at the state convention of the party of election integrity:
Early in the event, a delegate made a motion to switch from electronic voting of candidates to paper ballots. Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown told the delegates that they had the opportunity to audit their own votes at the event. She warned that the party wasn’t prepared to handle paper ballots — counting ballots would take them well beyond midnight, when they could no longer be in the building, and they didn’t have the required watermarked ballots.
Although the motion failed, that didn’t stop delegates from bringing it up three more times, with another vote on the issue also failing. A request to consider a “forensic audit” also was denied.
From Dean Obeidallah at cnn.com speaking about Don jr and daddy trump:
“If we hope to keep our democratic republic, every single person involved in this coup attempt must be criminally prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Anything less will only embolden Trump and others to engage in the same conduct – and given how close they got this time, they may just succeed next time around.”
Have they given any info re Peters’ trial? I hope she gets convicted this year.
Then we can see Coloradan MAGAs vote for a convicted felon.
Story of my life. I gave up years ago. An actuary might give me another 8(?) years.
Including Supreme Court justices and their wives.
In other important news from Colorado:
University of Denver hockey captain Cole Guttman led the team off a chartered plane on Sunday afternoon when the champions began their welcome home tour. Guttman carried the NCAA title trophy down the tarmac with the Pioneers, all in game-worn jerseys, still reveling in a 5-1 victory over Minnesota State at the Boston Garden.
DU’s magnificent third period — five unanswered goals against Hobey Baker Award winner Dryden McKay in net — ranks among the best performances in team history. The storied hockey program will make room for a ninth national championship trophy in its display case — tying it with Michigan for the most in NCAA hockey.
GO, Pios.
Are you talking about Peters or Hanks?
