Despite former President Donald Trump’s departure from the White House and disappearance from social media, state Republican parties are still promoting pro-Trump conspiracy theories and moving further right than ever. Some Republican lawmakers have seized on the unfounded voter fraud narrative to try to impose new voter restrictions out of concern that widespread voting could hamper their electoral chances.
The Arizona Republican Party on Saturday voted to censure Gov. Doug Ducey, a longtime Republican Trump ally who fell out of favor when he refused to question his own state’s election results and certified President Joe Biden’s win in the state. The measure, which focused on Ducey’s delayed coronavirus restrictions, did not mention his decision to certify the results, though it came up often among the state’s Republicans. The Arizona GOP also censured Cindy McCain, widow of the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who opposed Trump. The party also re-elected chairwoman Kelli Ward, who backed Trump’s baseless legal crusade and filed a
I totally agree with you, Stephan, about the need for factual accuracy in the media.
Is Fox News still licensed as an entertainment entity?
How do you fix delusional stupidity? CNN says 41% think the election was fraudulent. How do you change/update their “facts” when they know what they know because Fox, Facebook, Twitter, QAnon and maybe Jesus said the Dems are satan worshiping pedophiles and Sandy Hook was fake.
There was a brief interlude after the Capitol assault and the trump decampment when it seemed a sense of shared pain might bring a positive change. Now with Reps. Green and Boebert carrying guns with past and present associations to QAnon “facts” experiencing little to no negative consequences what am I to think. I thought things had gotten so bad, we had hit bottom, the only way was up but maybe not yet.