The Colorado Republican Party on Saturday officially threw its support behind U.S. Senate primary candidate Ron Hanks, a GOP state representative who’s been advancing ex-President Donald Trump’s Big Lie about the 2020 election.
“When we saw what we saw on election night in 2020, it changed everything just like the changes we felt after 9/11.”
Given that The Loser had been telegraphing bogus “fraud” claims well in advance of the election, any surprise on election night indicates profound inattention.
The Republican Party has officially become a group of mentally-ill, old bigots. It is completely sickening that a TV conman could unleash all the worst elements of our society and give them free rein to tell lies, use insults and violence to accomplish their ends.
With news items like this, I’m trying to game out the chances that the upcoming Jan 6 committee primetime show, various hoped-for indictments and court revelations, incautious SCOTUS rulings, and TFG’s own dissonant contributions will do enough to split the GOP and right-leaning independents, after the party has gone all-in on MAGA diehard candidates like this guy and its no-platform cult of personality approach in general.
It’s a hard call. I think the biggest threat to this hope is McConnell’s implied counter-message of “I’m equally amoral, but also sane and calculating–so I’ll keep the crazy rabble in check.”
True in all counts. Bad choices (Peters, Hanks) all around. With Hanks, it is clear that he has had no television, radio, print media or internet access.
Those outlets are clear on Biden having won the 2020 Presidential Election
He should seek help, now 
I was coming to TPM to post that the Colorado R party just replaced quite a number of ‘normal’ R candidates with Qcumber fruitcups. But I see TPM had started a thread already.
I was reading this and it gives a good sample of how stupid/RW people think…some of the quotes from the RW voters and canidates were illustrative.
I was going to paste some of their quotes here, but you should just go read them yourselves. These people don’t do or say anything unless it has marinated in the stupid for 48hrs. Everything is a conspiracy, their own R voter process for these nominations was rigged and contained fraud, Tina Peters moves on as the R candidate for SoS, other candidates vowing to pardon her if she wins, folks want the days of “businessman Chump” back…you know because of all his shrewd dealings on behalf of the gen pop (and not because he never spent a moment on U.S. economy, just his own), and general complaints that you can’t drive a car, build a house, or build a fence without gubberment permission which was never like that back when he was younger.
It is complete, it is top-to-bottom and they don’t miss a trick or a beat. They have something gobsmackingly stupid to say ON EVERY TOPIC and the lies just flow.
In other news, the SD attorney general who ran over the man walking, new video of his interviews have been released and new facts show the victims leg was severed, head came thru the windshiled and remained there for some time before coming off the car. It sickened and turned off a number of his supporters and they look to hold an impeachment process which they are worried is going to be ‘very close’. That tells you everything you need to know. The Chump fever hasn’t broken, it has hardened. Close? This guy is guilty as hell and broke even more laws and rules to cover up his manslaughter. Now it is proven the lies and deception and horror were much worse than even was prev. known, and the vote will be close?
These people are behaving abominably but when they look around their own party they don’t see a single frown or meet with any disapproval in their towns or circles. There are 80 million people in this country committed and intent on denying every scrap of real evidence, science, physics, and all our principles and U.S ideals. Nothing has worked to change their minds and they all nod and murmur and agree to the absurdities being spoken.
This is some real Peoples Temple shit.
That is what “the good Germans” said after the guy with the funny mustache was elected.
I’m afraid this is the GOP norm throughout the country. Here in Oregon, where the GOP has traditionally tended moderate, a recent candidates’ forum featuring gubernatorial hopefuls in eastern Oregon was nothing but election skepticism and culture war–not a single substantive issue of broad interest was discussed.
Presenting . . . the new Most Smackable Face in America
What makes these people believe despite all evidence?
Oh right. The Church.
If there are any ethical, moral, decent, living-in-reality Republicans remaining - anywhere - they might as well forget any ambitions of running for office in that party.
The Goobers will keep trying to change the 2020 election for the next several decades even though it is a completely and utterly lost cause. Why? Campaign fund raising and outright grifting off the rubes who are too stupid to realize they’re being ripped off.
Spoiler alert 1:
There was a moment in the Don’t Look Up movie where one of the red hat anti-comer rally mob looked up and said: “What the hell is that!!??” when he finally saw the impending disaster all over the sky. And the rest of them looked and saw that they had fallen for one big ass lie, so they ran around and screamed and burned some cars. At that point what else could they do? It is my fantasy, and nothing more, that the MAGA will have a similar revelation.
Spoiler alert 2:
That revelation will not happen. But there’s still the running around and screaming and burning cars thing.
These are the GQPs substantive issues
I think we are witnessing a snowball effect of stupidity. And I am not talking about native IQ. And I warn people…this isn’t all about race. The dumbing down affects our entire population. Our probems are monumental and MOST people are finding it very difficult to have hope, or a plan, or to see a path forward.
It is much simpler to surrender to magical thinking and easier answers (it’s government’s fault, just kill (_blank) them all, return to the old ways, etc) in addition to the universal principle - much easier to be a destroyer than a builder. A very sizable chunk of our population can’t envision being a part of the solution (too disinterested, confused, ignorant, nasty, or lazy), so they move towards being something else.
That ship sailed at least two years ago. And that’s with “ethical, moral, decent” being a relative term. “Living in reality” is more the key here.
I mean, it seems the only ones left are powered by nothing more than inertia.
If Hanks dares debate Bennet, I will have to watch. It’s fun to see an evisceration once in a while.
I thought I heard that Jackie Speier is retiring? If so I bet it’s because she can’t stand battling with these idiots after her experience in Guyana, and who could blame her.
Again, I have to point out that this is not the kind of candidate that wins general elections in swing states. All over the country they’re supporting “fuck you” candidates, people who are unlikely to do well in a general election, yet will air all their bitterness and grievances. That tells me that they don’t think they can win, so they at least want to go down fighting their stupid culture war battles.