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CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Trump calls for prosecution of Democratic Alaska Senate candidate over spoiler candidate controversy

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Trump calls for prosecution of Democratic Alaska Senate candidate over spoiler candidate controversy

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CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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President Donald Trump is calling for the criminal prosecution of the Democratic candidate running for Senate in Alaska after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
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    If the Republicans had thought of it first and had a suitable person with a matching name, they would definitely run this against a Democrat without blinking an eye…

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      They did think of it and carried it out…six years ago. Apparently carrying out actual crimes in the process.

      https://floodlightnews.org/florida-gop-ghost-candidate/

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        Well, doing crimes perfectly fits the GOP, yes.

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    It is rather amusing to see the party known for, and very proud of, ratfucking, getting very verklempt when they suspect someone is ratfucking them (i.e., hoping their voters are too stupid to pick the R candidate).

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      There is a Republican senator who attained their office by running against a ghost candidate with the same last name as their Democratic opponent, who got more votes than the margin of error.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileana_Garcia#2020

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        Okay that is hilarious.

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      (i.e., hoping their voters are too stupid to pick the R candidate)

      To be clear, both Dan Sullivans are the R candidates. Who’s to say the votes for J instead of S aren’t on purpose? 😇

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    Also, what does he think the charges should be for?

    And does this retroactively apply to Republicans funding third-party bullshit candidates like Stein?

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