Update:
An election denier was elected Colorado GOP state chair. This enclosed loop of preaching to the choir will keep the GOP in the minority in statewide races for a long time. https://apnews.com/article/
From the AP article: The GOP lost statewide races in Colorado in 2022 by double digits
The only good news is that Tina Peters, the renegade county clerk, lost out. For a recounting of her record, go to Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters arrested after allegedly recording court hearing | Colorado Public Radio (cpr.org)
In the wake of Colorado's 2022 midterms in which Democrats won statewide decisively, a GOP candidate for a state legislative district and election denier who lost his race now vies for state GOP chair. The party decision is in March. Erik Aadland wants to end mail-in voting because of a fantasy theory. He still attacks Dominium voting systems. The mail-in vote system, in effect since 2013 and used by 70% of voters, is as about as fraud-free as systems can be because all votes are cast on paper, making it easy to audit. He also proposes to end the machines used to tabulate the votes on bogus claims of fraud. Aadland claims the election in 2020 was "absolutely rigged", without evidence. Dominium is now suing FOX News for defamation. In the deposition process of the suit, it was revealed in various text messages among their stars that they viewed claims that the election was stolen to be BS. Nonetheless, they persisted in promoting the election was stolen. I wonder how long it will take FOX News fans to realize they were taken for fools. Will they ever admit to themselves or to others in their political party? Will they ever stop choosing as their leadership their election deniers? New political strategy for the GOP: if you lose an election, just double down and do it all over again? It is not only in Colorado that there are election deniers who are attempting to control the state GOP. In Michigan, they actually succeeded in winning the GOP chair in spite of opposition from Donald Trump.
Update 3/3/23: In the Colorado GOP race for party chair, the only candidates left in the race are election deniers..Pushback is developing among more traditional party leaders and a warning that electing election deniers to run the party will ruin the party in the future. Top Republican strategists throw red flag on Colorado GOP's state chair race | TRAIL MIX | Columnists | coloradopolitics.com
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/far-right-election-denier-beats-trump-s-pick-for-michigan-gop/ar-AA17F3K3?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=17c7fa81c1bb446488b117b0c5167e03
https://www.newsweek.com/threat-election-denial-still-real-very-dangerous-opinion-1783713 Note the specific reference to Colorado. Michigan is now the poster child, but Colorado may become one, too.
Former House candidate Aadland launches bid for Colorado GOP chair - Colorado Newsline
Democrats and Republicans are spending on party chair contests (coloradosun.com)
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157558299/fox-news-stars-false-claims-trump-election-2020
That is the point of Dominon's suit: Fox stars lied to keep up their ratings in the competition wars. What it says about theirs, OAN and Newsmax audiences is that they are sensitive to what their viewers would like them to say in order to maintain advertising income. That is not the purpose of journalism, to reflect just what their fans are thinking, but to present good and bad news, even if it reflects badly on their fan's opinions. FOX News is not "all the news that's fit to print". It is "all the news that fits their audiences' views even if there is no evidence or facts to back up their reporting". Do MSNBC and CNN fall into the same trap? Do the opinions expressed by their guests and panel moderators also mirror their audiences? Sorting fact from opinion takes critical thinking, demanding credible proof from all of these major "news" channels. Yes, all those cable channels do slant their stories and choose which stories to highlight., There is one major difference from FOX: They were not caught in text messages knowingly taking a position that what they were saying was a lie about whether the election was stolen. Their straight reporters during the daytime were not to blame. Their nighttime stars were caught red-handed in a lie with huge consequences... The problem is, not only did FOX hurt Dominion's business, the lie they perpetuated while believing otherwise became the rationale and the cause for action for January 6; any number of court cases all decided against the false premise of widespread fraud because they lacked evidence and proof, and the undermining of faith in democracy in the minds of the gullible and the critical thinking challenged.
Aadland promises to convene a committee that will consider a range of options including “cleaning the voter rolls,” abolishing Colorado’s mail-in ballot system and “getting rid of the current voting machines.” Colorado Voting Machines | VOTE411
January 19, 2023 Fox chief Rupert Murdoch to be deposed in $1.6 billion Dominion defamation case | Reuters Dominium is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Defamation cases against media are very difficult to win, but if Dominium wins, it could end FOX. In anycase, the trial should be very informative. Dominion Voting Systems sues Fox News for defamation | CNN Business
“Far too many people lack faith in our election system,” Aadland wrote. “Early in 2023, I will commission a committee to advise the chairman on how to best restore integrity to our election system in Colorado.”
Noted: The "lack in faith" over "election integrity" they manufactured themselves so they propose to "cure" it themselves with methods designed to make it hard for those whose votes they fear to vote. The "stop the steal" candidates could never provide evidence the election was stolen in Colorado, but that never stops them from using bogus theories to make it harder for seniors and minorities to vote.
Colorado Election Results and Maps 2022 | CNN Politics
In my own Grand County, a GOP suspected and accused election denier was narrowly elected County Clerk after still refusing to acknowledge Colorado elections in 2020 were fair and free (except for Grand County, which she agreed was in the hands of a respected but retiring GOP County Clerk). Grand County GOP registration outnumbers Democrats two to one. Map: Colorado Voter Party Affiliation by County (coloradoan.com) Final Grand County vote totals cause little change in results | SkyHiNews.com Letter to the editor: Our democracy depends on fair and legitimate elections | SkyHiNews.com UPDATE: Linke holding slim lead in Grand County clerk and recorder race | SkyHiNews.com
Dominion voting systems have filed 7 lawsuits against claims of fraudulent machines for defamation. Special Report: Voting-system firms battle right-wing rage against the machines | Reuters
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